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Tonight We Raid Calais
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Wikipedia article
'Tonight We Raid Calais' is a 1943 American film directed by John Brahm and starring John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, and Annabella.
Plot summary
Geoffrey Carter (John Sutton), a young commando British intelligence officer, is sent into Nazi-occupied France as a one-man raid to destroy a munitions plant with help from a patriotic farmer, M. Bonnard (Lee J. Cobb). Carter confronts a French woman Odette Bonnard (Annabella) who hates the British and the Germans.
Cast
* Annabella as Odette Bonnard
* John Sutton as Geoffrey Carter
* Lee J. Cobb as Bonnard
* Beulah Bondi as Mme. Bonnard
* Blanche Yurka as Widow Grelieu
* Howard Da Silva as Sgt. Block
* Marcel Dalio as Jaques Grandet
* Ann Codee as Mme. Grandet
* Richard Derr as German Captain (unbilled)
* other unbilled players include Sven Hugo Borg
Reception
Quentin Tarantino picked 'Tonight We Raid Calais' as one of his five favorite World War II films. It was one of the films he discovered while doing research for his own World War II film, 'Inglourious Basterds'.[http://www.today.com/id/32589447/ns/today-entertainment/t/tarantino-picks-his-favorite-wwii-movies/ Tarantino picks his 5 favorite WWII movies ]
References
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