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The Cockleshell Heroes (The Cockleshell Heroes) Operation

The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

March 1942. The biggest Stringer (José Ferrer) comes to the base of the Royal Marines in Portsmouth, to elect the soldiers involved in a dangerous secret mission whose objective is to attack the heavily defended port of Bordeaux by a raid in canoes. Soon, Stringer extravagant methods clash with the attitude of Captain Hugh Thompson (Trevor Howard), an old school official designated to act under the command of Major, which, together with the unruly attitude of men selected for carry out the mission, create difficulties in preparing it.

The British war films of the decade of the 50 was especially prolific in producing titles that recall the most spectacular and daring actions of special forces during World War II (eg, Operation Tirpitz or The Dam Busters ). Following this current issue, Hell the heroes are in charge of recreating the historical facts surrounding the Operation Frankton , a daring raid on the French coast, designed to attack the naval base at Bordeaux, which was an enclave vital German maritime communications. This raid was the first combat action of a special unit called the British Marines Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment, specially trained to conduct missions in a canoe. The story of raid against Bordeaux port was subsequently collected in the book The Cockleshell Heroes (whose rough translation would be "The heroes of the shell") which in turn was the basis for developing the script for the film.

A script whose preparation was not without controversy, as the actor Jose Ferrer , "in addition to exercising the direction of the film, he reserved for himself the title role-commissioned another writer's task review the original version of the script to enhance its character. However, when the producer Irving Allen reviewed the final version of the script, felt that this was too serious, and decided to add new scenes that will provide more comedy to the story, which he did without telling Ferrer. This, angered by the changes that had been introduced into the story without his consent, decided to cease production. Nevertheless, the fact that the film quite estimable handle a budget for the period, thanks to the co-production of Warwick British studies with the Columbia American producer, as well as the shooting with the full cooperation of the body of Royal Marines, resulted in the formal and historical aspect of the production is flawless, making it the most successful section of the film.

Unfortunately, the film will not scratch at the same level of quality as film is concerned. Although the starting point of argument is quite interesting, featuring a rare official in charge of a problematic group of soldiers who are being sent to a dangerous mission (which can almost be considered a precedent for Dirty Dozen) the story does not end of carburizing for several reasons. First get the feeling that José Ferrer was not the most suitable actor to play the Major Stringer, mainly because his interpretation lacks a point of charisma, and I personally found most convincing performance of his co-star Trevor Howard . Second, the part devoted to the preparation of the mission and the training of men is stretched too much, without offering too many scenes of interest to the viewer, so Conclude by becoming heavy. And finally, the section of footage devoted to the execution of the mission, it can not be said to be a paragon of spectacular and narrative intensity. Therefore, the end result is a right product, well-crafted vision, but something failed on the narrative plane.

In conclusion, "Hell of heroes" is not a bad movie shows military command, but is also far from being one of its top titles, but at least has an original point in its subject and approach .

Rating: 5.5 / 10

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