Tarnished Heroes

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Brian Clemens

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

16 June 1961

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  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