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.
Director: Ernest Morris
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Dermot Walsh as Major Roy Bell |
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Anton Rodgers as Private Donald Conyers |
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Patrick McAlinney as Private Timothy Reilly |
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Hugh David as Private Walter Hoyt |
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Brian Peck as Private Bernard White |
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Max Butterfield as Private Anthony Burton |
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Richard Carpenter as Private Frederick Burton |
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Sheila Whittingham as Josette |
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John Scott as Colonel Moreton |
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Maurice Kaufmann as Private Thomas Mason |
| Directing | Ernest Morris | Director |
| Writing | Brian Clemens | Writer |
| Production | Harry Lee Danziger | Producer |
| Sound | Bill Le Sage | Music |
| Production | Edward J. Danziger | Producer |
| Directing | Phyllis Townshend | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rene Coke | Wardrobe Designer |
| Camera | Paddy Aherne | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Geoffrey Helman | Assistant Director |
| Art | Norman G. Arnold | Art Direction |
| Camera | James Wilson | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Desmond Saunders | Editor |
| Sound | George Adams | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Brian Taylor | Production Supervisor |
| Production | John Draper | Production Manager |
| Sound | W. Anson Howell | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | John Smith | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Phyllis Townshend | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aldo Manganaro | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elsie Alder | Hairdresser |
