Attack on the Iron Coast
1967 film by Paul Wendkos / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1] The plot is based on the commando raid on the French port of St. Nazaire and is reminiscent of the film The Gift Horse.
Attack on the Iron Coast | |
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Directed by | Paul Wendkos |
Written by | Herman Hoffman John C. Champion |
Produced by | John C. Champion |
Starring | Lloyd Bridges Andrew Keir Sue Lloyd Mark Eden |
Cinematography | Paul Beeson |
Edited by | Ernest Hosler |
Music by | Gerard Schurmann |
Production companies | Oakmont Productions Mirisch Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates | UK 1967
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Countries | UK and US |
Language | English |
In the United States it was released as a double feature with Danger Route.[2] In the UK it was released as a double bill with The Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine.[citation needed][3]