- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tony Sloman
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4 out of 5
Crisply directed in England by America's José Ferrer, this tremendously exciting war film, based on fact, sees Royal Marines go on a secret mission to destroy enemy shipping. Ferrer also leads the fine cast, which includes Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley and Dora Bryan, and commands the intense nightime raid on the Bordeaux docks. Ferrer and Howard strike well against each other as the unorthodox major and resentful captain, and the training scenes are imaginative and effective. The movie was a big hit at the time, and was reissued as the top half of a double bill with the multi-Oscar-winning From Here to Eternity; this necessitated the optical adjustment of the latter into a widescreen format so that it wouldn't look too shabby alongside this film!
Plot Summary
Second World War drama directed by and starring José Ferrer, and also starring Trevor Howard. Major Stringer heads a group of Royal Marines on a dangerous secret mission that involves planting mines on enemy ships moored in Bordeaux.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Major Stringer
- José Ferrer
- Captain Thompson
- Trevor Howard
- Sergeant Craig
- Victor Maddern
- Clarke
- Anthony Newley
- Ruddock
- David Lodge
- Stevens
- Peter Arne
- Loman
- Percy Herbert
- Booth
- Graham Stewart
- Cooney
- John Fabian
- Bradley
- John Van Eyssen
- Myrtie
- Dora Bryan
- Submarine commander Alan Grieves
- Christopher Lee
Crew
- Director
- José Ferrer
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