珀西·赫伯特

American psychologist John Holden arrives in London to participate in a symposium aiming to expose witchcraft and devil-worship as a fraud, with attention centered on a cult run by a Julian Karswell. Debarking his plane, Holden learns that the symposium leader, Henry Harrington, has suddenly died and he is now in charge. What only the audience knows is that Harrington was clear...

二次世界大战期间，美国政府密令军方潜入一中立港口，摧毁德国军舰。既然是中立港口，英国军官路易斯庞和葛文瓦特决定，任何任务失败的人都需三缄其口，他们故意派出酒醉的老人假扮村民，这些老兵真能立大功顺利摧毁敌舰吗？

一个英军预备役少校和一个经验丰富的上尉带领一队散漫的新兵去执行一项自杀性任务：彻底摧毁一个位于德占法国的德军船坞。影片基于真实故事，一队皇家海军由潜艇送到法国吉伦特河口，他们从那里开始划小艇去进攻所谓“攻不破”的港口－波尔多港[三天航程]。他们完成了炸毁德军军舰和货轮的任务，下面的问题是他们如何逃脱...