Attack on the Iron Coast

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.

Attack on the Iron Coast
Original film poster by Frank McCarthy
Directed byPaul Wendkos
Written byHerman Hoffman
John C. Champion
Produced byJohn C. Champion
StarringLloyd Bridges
Andrew Keir
Sue Lloyd
Mark Eden
CinematographyPaul Beeson
Edited byErnest Hosler
Music byGerard Schurmann
Production
companies
Oakmont Productions
Mirisch Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
UK 1967
  • 5 June 1968 (1968-06-05) (US)
Running time
89 minutes
CountriesUK and US
LanguageEnglish

In the United States it was released as a double feature with Danger Route. In the UK it was released as a double bill with The Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine.

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