The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) | |
| Director(s) | Jos? Ferrer |
| Producer(s) | Irving Allen (executive), Albert R. Broccoli (executive), Phil C. Samuel |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) was a Action - War Film directed by Jos? Ferrer and produced by Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli and Phil C. Samuel.
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THE COCKLESHELL HEROES
By Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 24, 2024 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogOne of my favorite movie genres is the World War II film. It might be surprising to some how extensive that genre is--there's still plenty of major features about the conflict that I haven't caught up to yet. Last night I viewed for the first time a 1955 British production called THE COCKLESHELL HER... Read full article
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Major Stringer:
Well, now, it's time for me to listen to you for a change.
Captain Thompson: What do you mean by that?
Major Stringer: I mean, let me have it. What did I do wrong?
Captain Thompson: You did everything wrong.
Captain Thompson: I've never seen such an appalling exhibition in my life.
Captain Thompson: Corporal Stevens.
[Stevens steps forward and salutes, and Thompson returns the salute]
Captain Thompson: Do you usually let your men slouch about in that fashion?
Marine Stevens: No, sir. We've just finished an exercise, and...
Captain Thompson: I'm not interested in what you've finished.
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Captain Thompson: What do you mean by that?
Major Stringer: I mean, let me have it. What did I do wrong?
Captain Thompson: You did everything wrong.
Captain Thompson: I've never seen such an appalling exhibition in my life.
Captain Thompson: Corporal Stevens.
[Stevens steps forward and salutes, and Thompson returns the salute]
Captain Thompson: Do you usually let your men slouch about in that fashion?
Marine Stevens: No, sir. We've just finished an exercise, and...
Captain Thompson: I'm not interested in what you've finished.
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Trevor Munn in his Trevor Howard biography, 'Trevor Howard: The Man and His Films', states: "What Trevor didn't say was that José Ferrer directed and José Ferrer starred and in the process didn't make himself too popular with Irving Allen. At the time Allen said, 'When Ferrer finished the film, we found that he had made a tour de force for José Ferrer. He seems to have forgotten about the rest of the cast. I've been doing close-ups of Trevor Howard that Joe forgot to do.'"
Bryan Forbes's script was rewritten by Richard Maibaum at the request of José Ferrer. Irving Allen then had Forbes rewrite Maibaum's revision and direct some sequences. This was done as Maibaum's version was not humorous enough and without Ferrer's knowledge. Ferrer then found out about this other re-write and then walked way from the movie.
The opening scenes of this movie include the reminiscences of Bill Sparks, one of the two survivors of the real-life Operation Frankton.
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Bryan Forbes's script was rewritten by Richard Maibaum at the request of José Ferrer. Irving Allen then had Forbes rewrite Maibaum's revision and direct some sequences. This was done as Maibaum's version was not humorous enough and without Ferrer's knowledge. Ferrer then found out about this other re-write and then walked way from the movie.
The opening scenes of this movie include the reminiscences of Bill Sparks, one of the two survivors of the real-life Operation Frankton.
read more facts about The Cockleshell Heroes...
