country, April in Portugal. This was directed by Euan Lloyd, who worked for Warwick, and featured Howard. Reshoots Irving Allen decided Maibaum's script did not have enough comedy, so he had Forbes rewrite Maibaum's revision and direct some sequences without telling Ferrer. When Ferrer found out, he left the film. Forbes later said, "I was responsible for reshooting a great deal of them, without Ferrer's knowledge, because the producers weren't happy with the way it was going." He says these scenes involved Howard and were directed by Allen. Forbes was on set during these which he said "was really valuable training which would serve me well later on" when he became a director. During filming, the two survivors of the mission told the producers they had no idea what the cargo was in the ships that were destroyed. After the film was completed, Broccoli claimed that the Duke of Edinburgh and Lord Mountbatten told him the contents of the cargo were radar equipment bound for Japan. Broccoli thought this made the story more interesting and had additional sequences shot to be added to the release print. This cost an extra $5,600. Reception Box office It was one of the ten most popular films at the British box office in 1956. The film performed poorly at the US box office, like most British war movies of this era. Book Based on the real-life Operation Frankton, the film was quickly followed by the publication of Brigadier C. E. Lucas Phillips' book of the same name. Commanding officer Herbert "Blondie" Hasler had connections with both the film and the book. He hated the title of both and left his role as technical adviser for the former to try to set the matter right in the latter. See also List of British films of 1955 References Notes External links 1955 films 1955 war films World War II films based on actual events British World War II films Columbia Pictures films CinemaScope films Films set in Bordeaux Films directed by José Ferrer Films scored by John Addison Films set in 1942 Seafaring films based on actual events Royal Navy in World War II films Royal Marines Films with screenplays by Richard Maibaum Films with screenplays by Bryan Forbes 1955 directorial debut films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films