Attack on the Iron Coast

Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)

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

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 story is based on the commando raid on the French port of St. Nazaire.

Date of release
1968-06-05
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
War
Director
Paul Wendkos

Casting

Interesting facts

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 plot is based on the commando raid on the French port of St. Nazaire and is reminiscent of the film The Gift Horse.

Production

Encouraged by the worldwide success of 633 Squadron (1964), producer Walter Mirisch proposed a series of British-made films with a military theme having major American stars in the lead that would comply with the Eady Levy requirements and cost no more than US$1 million. This film was the first of the series of John C. Champion's Oakmont Productions and began shooting 15 May 1967.

The film was shot at MGM-British Studios Borehamwood, Gaddesden Place Hertfordshire and Millwall Dock, St Katharine Docks and the London Docklands with special effects by the Bowie Organisation.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.

Recommended