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.
Maj. James Wilson
Capt. Owen Franklin
Sue Wilson
Lt. Cmdr. Donald Kimberly
Rear Adm. Sir Frederick Grafton
Forrester
Lt. Graham
Van Horst
Commando (uncredited)
**_Cinematic account of Operation Chariot, aka the St Nazaire Raid_** In late March, 1942, the Brits concoct an audacious operation to destroy the Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France, which would involve 611 Royal Naval personnel & commandos in a surprise attack against an embedded German force of 5000. Lloyd Bridges and Andrew Keir star as the key officers in the raid. "Attack on the Iron Coast" (1968) tackles what has been called ‘The Greatest Raid of All’ and is worthwhile if you don’t mind ‘B’ productions with unconvincing miniatures. I liked how the flick esta...
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Original LanguageEnglish
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