The Cockleshell Heroes

1955 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 2,130 VOTES · DIR. José Ferrer

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Overview

During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

Dialogue Timeline — 718 lines

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00:02:11 Hello, Hugh. Well, of all things. How are you?
00:04:06 what with the floodtide setting up and the wind just a bit south of west
00:05:37 Now it's boiled up all over again and here we are.
00:07:29 Uh... the wind blew me beret off and it went under a bicycle.
00:09:04 Kids, sir. I need the extra money.
00:11:00 Any questions? Right. See you in the aircraft.
00:13:47 Good luck to you! Wait till I get back to barracks!
00:19:45 Next stop, Portsmouth.
00:23:01 Come here!
00:25:31 All right, Thompson, let's clear the air a little.
00:28:06 turn! Turn, pause, swing!
00:29:57 Each canoe will proceed independently to get to the objective at Deptford.
00:32:11 They're like schoolboys with a lenient master, really not doing any work at all.
00:35:06 Now I'll show you the quickest way down, bar one.
00:39:47 I bet you nothing happens. I'll take you on a dollar.
00:43:29 grovel on the ground the moment someone points a rifle at you."
00:47:58 Chair, sonny!
00:50:34 Oh, you have reason to believe. Don't you know?
00:53:20 Good evening, Ruddock. Good evening, sir.
00:55:33 What I mean to say is, he can't possibly disobey orders, can he?
00:58:58 so don't imagine that I'm suggesting that anyone commit suicide, because I'm not.
01:03:19 Ruddock! Sir!
01:10:49 You will each be conducted to a separate room where you can fill in these forms.
01:21:13 Come on.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed718
Dialogue density7.4 lines / min
First line00:02:11
Final line01:21:13

Production Record

DirectorJosé Ferrer
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,130