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Tarnished Heroes is a 1961 British war film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Dermot Walsh and Anton Rodgers. It was produced by Danziger Productions. The film is set in France during World War II, and concerns a British major who destroys a Nazi convoy.
The plot of the film bears similarities to The Dirty Dozen, although it was made five years before Robert Aldrich's film, and three years before the novel on which it is based. However, it is possible that Tarnished Heroes was inspired by the success of The Magnificent Seven, released in 1960, as the concept seems close: the recruitment of a band of renegades to fight a difficult fight for the common good.
Original Release
11/30/1961
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dermot Walsh | Maj. Roy Bell |
Patrick McAlinney | Reilly |
Brian Peck | Bernie White |
Richard Carpenter | Freddy |
Max Butterfield | Tony |
Maurice Kaufmann | Tom Mason |
Hugh David | Hoyt |
Anton Rodgers | Don Conyers |
Sheila Whittingham | Josette |
John Scott | Col. Moreton |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dermot Walsh | Maj. Roy Bell |
Patrick McAlinney | Reilly |
Brian Peck | Bernie White |
Richard Carpenter | Freddy |
Max Butterfield | Tony |
Maurice Kaufmann | Tom Mason |
Hugh David | Hoyt |
Anton Rodgers | Don Conyers |
Sheila Whittingham | Josette |
John Scott | Col. Moreton |
Richard Bennett | Officer |
Eric Corrie | Officer |
Stuart Hillier | Capt. Mead |
Andreas Malandrinos | Flamoun |
Paddy Ryan | German sentry knifed by Reilly |
Graham Stewart | Corporal |
Frank Thornton | Trench Officer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Edward J. Danziger | Producer |
Harry Lee Danziger | Producer |
Brian Taylor | Producer |