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Canadian Commando Major Jamie Wilson, plans an audacious Combined Operations raid on the Axis held French port of Le Clare; if
destroyed, the Germans would be stripped of the only dry dock capable of servicing their large battleships. Wilson's plan, code
named Operation Mad Dog, is to ram a destroyer packed with tons of explosives into the outer gate of the dock, while his commandos
cause havoc to the dock facilities and garrison, and then detonate the explosive laden destroyer. Opposed to Wilson is Royal Navy
Captain Owen Franklin, whose own son was killed on Wilson's disastrous last Dieppe-type raid on the French coast at Le Plagé.
Under pressure from Winston Churchill, Wilson's plan is given the go-ahead, even though the naval craft requested for the mission
are reduced to a minesweeper replacing the destroyer, no escort craft and only four motor launches. The mission's naval commander
Lieutenant Commander, Don Kimberly, is blinded in a training accident while trying to save an injured commando, who dies from
his injuries. With no other option, Franklin is ordered to replace Kimberly, and thus put him in direct conflict with Wilson on
the journey to France. As they cross the English Channel Wilson finds himself at odds with Franklin when the supporting air raid
seems to be cancelled, but, to Wilson's surprise, Franklin ignores the order to return and changes his view of both Wilson and the
mission.
With a united group heading into the port, the Germans discover the approaching minesweeper and its commando carrying escort of
motor launches. After briefly stalling the Germans, by pretending they are German ships, the convoy is bombarded by the coastal
batteries which line the port entrance, but fail to stop the minesweeper from ramming the dock gate. As the commandos storm ashore,
leaving Wilson on the minesweeper's bridge, it is hit once again, this time though, Wilson is mortally wounded. In the port's
facilities a running battle rages between the Germans and the commandos, leading to Franklin being captured and taken to the German HQ.
Brought in front of the garrison commander, Colonel von Horst, Franklin is mocked for what the Germans see as a fruitless mission.
Meanwhile, a German party, led by von Horst's subordinate, Captain Erich Strasser, boards the minesweeper and heads for the smashed
bridge where Wilson, barely alive, notices that the detonating circuit is broken. As Strasser enters the bridge, Wilson, with his
last ounce of strength places the two wires together, completing the circuit; the explosives detonate, destroying the dock gate.
In the German HQ, Franklin merely grins at the horror on the Germans' faces as the explosion rocks the building before commandos
storm the HQ and liberate him, killing von Horst and his men. Franklin and the commandos then depart in the waiting motor launches
with their mission completed.
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Andrew Keir, Lloyd Bridges, Mark Eden, Sue Lloyd, Maurice Denham
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Director: Paul Wendkos
Producer: John C. Champion
Released - June 5, 1968
Length - 89 minutes
Music Composer: Gerard Schurmann
Movie Distributed by Columbia Pictures
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