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Wikipedia article




'Silent Raiders' is a 1954 low budget American war film directed, starring and co-produced by Richard Bartlett. It was the first film of the L&B Production Company, consisting of Earle Lyon and Richard Bartlett.http://www.dlife.com/diabetes/famous_people/writers_reporters_editors/richard-bartlett-biography

Plot



Prior to the Dieppe Raid, seven US Army Rangers come ashore. Their mission is to destroy a German communications centre that controls the coastal guns that threaten the Canadian amphibious assault.

Cast



* Richard Bartlett as Sgt. Jack

* Earle Lyon as Sgt. Malloy

* Jeanette Bordeaux as French Girl

* Earl Hansen as Pepe

* Robert Knapp asLt. Finch

* Dean Fredericks as Chief

* Frank Stanlow as Horse

* Carl Swanstrom as Wetzel

Production



Produced for $27,000 with the working titles of 'Dieppe Raid' and 'Three Miles to Dawn', it was filmed in Malibu, California in 1953.http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90147/Silent-Raiders/notes.html

The producers were able to use composer Elmer Bernstein who was relegated to minor studios during the Hollywood blacklist period.

Notes




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