Tarnished Heroes (1961)
According to the officer's handbook, 'an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available' and for Major Bell the men in question are drunks, thieves and deserters. With the German army closing in on his company's position, Major Bell undertakes a suicidal mission to blow up a bridge of strategic importance to the enemy. His only help will come in the form of a rag-tag band of army rejects who must become heroes if they are to fulfil their mission and come back alive.
- Date of release
- 1961-06-16
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Ernest Morris
Casting
- Dermot Walsh — Major Roy Bell
- Anton Rodgers — Private Donald Conyers
- Patrick McAlinney — Private Timothy Reilly
- Hugh David — Private Walter Hoyt
- Brian Peck — Private Bernard White
- Max Butterfield — Private Anthony Burton
- Richard Carpenter — Private Frederick Burton
- Sheila Whittingham — Josette
- John Scott — Colonel Moreton
- Maurice Kaufmann — Private Thomas Mason
Interesting facts
Tarnished Heroes is a 1961 British war film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Dermot Walsh and Anton Rodgers. It was written by Brian Clemens and produced by Danziger Productions.
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