Tarnished Heroes

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Directed byErnest Morris
Written byBrian Clemens
Produced byEdward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger
StarringDermot Walsh
Anton Rogers
Tarnished Heroes
Directed byErnest Morris
Written byBrian Clemens
Produced byEdward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger
StarringDermot Walsh
Anton Rogers
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byDesmond Saunders
Music byBill LeSage
Production
company
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors
Release date
  • 16 July 1961 (1961-07-16)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Tarnished Heroes is a 1961 British war film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Dermot Walsh and Anton Rodgers.[1][2] It was written by Brian Clemens and produced by Danziger Productions.

The film is set in France during World War II, and concerns a British major who blows up a strategic bridge. [3] The plot of the film bears similarities to The Dirty Dozen,[citation needed] although it was made five years before Robert Aldrich's film, and three years before the novel on which it is based.

Major Roy Bell decides to embark on a suicide mission to blow up a bridge which is of strategic importance to the enemy. However, the only resource available to him is a group of rag-tag army failures, made up of drunks, thieves and deserters. According to the officer's handbook, 'an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available'. Under Bell's guidance, these men must now rise to the challenge and prove themselves as heroes if they are to fulfil the mission and come back alive.[4][5]

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