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Tarnished Heroes

Tarnished Heroes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 16, 1961

Runtime

1h 13m

Genres

War, Drama

Original Title

Tarnished Heroes

Production Companies

Danziger Productions Ltd.

Director

Ernest Morris

Description

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.