Attack on the Iron Coast
| Attack on the Iron Coast | |
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Original film poster by Frank McCarthy
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| Directed by | Paul Wendkos |
| Produced by | John C. Champion |
| Written by | Herman Hoffman John C. Champion |
| Starring |
Lloyd Bridges Andrew Keir Sue Lloyd Maurice Denham |
| Music by | Gerard Schurmann |
| Cinematography | Paul Beeson |
| Edited by | Ernest Hosler |
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Production
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Oakmont Productions
Mirisch Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Release date
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UK 1967
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Running time
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Attack on the Iron Coast is a 1967 DeLuxe Color Anglo-American Oakmont Productions international co-production war film directed by Paul Wendkos in the first of his five picture contract with Mirisch Productions, and starring Lloyd Bridges, Andrew Keir, Sue Lloyd, Mark Eden and Maurice Denham. The film depicts an account of Allied Combined Operations Headquarters commandos executing a daring raid on the German-occupied French coast during the Second World War. The film is based on the commando raid on the French port of St. Nazaire and is reminiscent of the film The Gift Horse. In the United States it was released as a double feature with Danger Route.
In the UK it was released as a double bill with The Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine.
Canadian Commando Major Jamie Wilson (Lloyd Bridges), plans an audacious Combined Operations raid on the Axis held French port of Le Clare; if destroyed, the Germans would be stripped of the only dry dock capable of servicing their large battleships. Wilson's plan, code named Operation Mad Dog, is to ram a destroyer packed with tons of explosives into the outer gate of the dock, while his commandos cause havoc to the dock facilities and garrison, and then detonate the explosive laden destroyer. Opposed to Wilson is Royal Navy Captain Owen Franklin (Andrew Keir), whose own son was killed on Wilson's disastrous last Dieppe-type raid on the French coast at Le Plagé.
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