Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.0/10   

Director:

Paul Wendkos

Escritores:

Herman Hoffman (screenplay)
John C. Champion (story)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

5 julio 1968 (France)

Género:

Acción | Drama | Guerra

Frase comercial:

They turned a dead ship into a live bomb and sailed it down the throat of the enemy!

Plot Keywords:

Commandos | WWII | Attack

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Reason for the actual raid

Reparto

Lloyd Bridges	...	Major Jamie Wilson
Andrew Keir	...	Captain Owen Franklin
Sue Lloyd	...	Sue Wilson
Mark Eden	...	Lieutenant Commander Donald Kimberly
Maurice Denham	...	Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Grafton
Glyn Owen	...	Forrester
Howard Pays	...	Lieutenant Graham
Walter Gotell	...	Van Horst
John Welsh	...	Admiral of the Fleet Lord William Cansley
George Mikell	...	Captain Strasser
Ernest Clark	...	Air Vice Marshall Woodbridge
Dick Haydon	...	Pringle

También conocida como:

Misión suicida (Spain) [es]

Duración:

89 min

País:

UK | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

UK:U | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:G

Compañía:

Mirisch Films

Trivialidades:

The clips of the diversionary air raid were taken from the film The Dam Busters (1955).

Conexiones de Película:

Editado desde The Dam Busters (1955)

Reason for the actual raid

Just wanted to add further to the comment about this movie being based on Operation Chariot.

The purpose of the raid was to disable the only dry dock on the French coast that was large enough for the German battleship Tirpitz, sister ship to the Bismark. During this stage of the war, this was a very important consideration as the Tirpitz could of created a great deal of havoc if it where to get into the North Atlantic and attack the vital convoys that where keeping England in the war. The actual raid was a success. The dry dock and associated equipment was damaged so thoroughly that it no longer was a viable option for the Germans to risk their last battleship in the North Atlantic.

It was also a very costly mission. A bombing raid that was supposed to provide a diversion actually had the opposite effect and alerted the Germans. The losses incurred where described as appalling, with most of the commandos killed, wounded or captured. To reflect the importance of this raid, 5 Victoria crosses and 68 additional awards where handed out to the some of the 600 particpants. Only the battle of Roakes drift saw more Victoria crosses awarded for a single action.