The Cockleshell Heroes (1956)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Major Jeffrey Stringer

      José Ferrer

    • Captain Thompson

      Trevor Howard

    • Myrtle

      Dora Bryan

    • Sergeant Craig

      Victor Maddern

    • marine Clarke

      Anthony Newley

    • marine Ruddock

      David Lodge

    • marine Stevens

      Peter Arne

    • marine Lomas

      Percy Herbert

    • marine Booth

      Graham Stewart

    • marine Cooney

      John Fabian

    • marine Bradley

      John Van Eyssen

    • marine Todd

      Robert Desmond

    • Gestapo commandant

      Walter Fitzgerald

    • Mrs. Ruddock

      Beatrice Campbell

    • assistant Gestapo officer

      Karel Stepanek

    • policeman

      Sydney Tafler

    • French fisherman

      Jacques Brunius

    • barmaid

      Gladys Henson

    • French fisherman

      Andrea Malandrinos

    • W.V.S. woman

      Judith Furse

    • Captain Alan Raikes, submarine commander

      Christopher Lee

    • sailor

      Patric Doonan

    • [lorry driver]

      Sam Kydd

    • [Morris]

      John Blythe

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      José Ferrer

    • Associate Director

      Alex Bryce

    • Assistant Director

      Max Varnel

    • [2nd Assistant Director]

      Frank Ernst

    • [3rd Assistant Director]

      John Young

    • [2nd Unit Assistant Director]

      Norman Harrison

    • Continuity

      Betty Forster

    • Continuity

      Maisie Kelly

    Production:

    • ©

      Warwick Film Productions

    • a Warwick Film production

      Warwick Film Productions

    • Opening/Closing logo

      Columbia Pictures Corporation

    • Executive Producer

      Irving Allen

    • Executive Producer

      Albert R. Broccoli

    • Produced by

      Phil C. Samuel

    • Production Supervisor

      Ernest Holding

    • Production Supervisor

      Bluey Hill

    • Location Manager

      Harold Buck

    • Location Manager

      Kevin McClory

    • [Assistant to the producer]

      William N. Graf

    • Produced at

      Shepperton Studios

    Casting:

    • Casting Director

      Paul Sheridan

    Writing:

    • Screenplay by

      Bryan Forbes

    • Screenplay by

      Richard Maibaum

    • From the story by

      George Kent

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      John Wilcox

    • Director of Photography

      Ted Moore

    • [Colour consultant]

      Joan Bridge

    • Camera Operator

      Dudley Lovell

    • Camera Operator

      Day, Ernie

    • [Focus Puller]

      Ronnie Maasz

    • [Focus Puller]

      Alan McCabe

    • [Focus Puller]

      Peter Hall

    • [Clapper Loader]

      Peter Nash

    Stills:

    • [Stills]

      Bert Cann

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Alan Osbiston

    • [Assembly Cutter]

      Geoffrey Botterill

    • [Assistant Editor]

      Marcel Durham

    Design:

    • Art Director

      John Box

    • Assistant Art Director

      Syd Cain

    • [Draughtsman]

      Alan Withy

    • [Draughtsman]

      Alec Gray

    • [Draughtsman]

      Colin Grimes

    Costumes:

    • Wardrobe Supervisor

      Elsa Fennell

    Make-up:

    • Makeup Artist

      Williamson, Fred

    • Hairdresser

      Anne Box

    Music:

    • Music by

      John Addison

    • March 'The Cockleshell Heroes' by

      Dunn, Lt. Col. F. Vivian

    • 'The London I Love' Music by

      George Posford

    • [Music] Played by

      The London Symphony Orchestra

    • [Music] Conducted by

      Muir Mathieson

    Sound:

    • Sound Recordist

      Bert Ross

    • Sound Editor

      Chris Greenham

    Consultant:

    • Technical Adviser

      Hasler, Colonel H.G.

    • Technical Adviser

      Sparks, Ex-Marine W.E.

    • Thanked in credits

      The Royal Marines

    • Thanked in credits

      The Royal Navy