Silent Raiders
Appearance
Silent Raiders | |
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Directed by | Richard Bartlett |
Written by | Richard Bartlett |
Produced by | Earle Lyon Richard Bartlett |
Starring | Richard Bartlett Earle Lyon Jeanette Bordeaux |
Cinematography | Glen Gano |
Edited by | Al Walker |
Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
Production company | L&B Productions |
Distributed by | Lippert Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.[1]
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Produced for $27,000 with the working titles of Dieppe Raid and Three Miles to Dawn, it was filmed in Malibu, California in 1953.[2]
The producers were able to use composer Elmer Bernstein who was relegated to minor studios during the Hollywood blacklist period.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Richard Bartlett Biography". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27.
- ^ "SILENT RAIDERS(1954)". Archived from the original on 2017-09-20.
External links
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Categories:
- 1954 films
- American World War II films
- 1954 drama films
- 1950s war drama films
- American black-and-white films
- American war drama films
- Films directed by Richard Bartlett
- Films scored by Elmer Bernstein
- Lippert Pictures films
- 1954 directorial debut films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s American films
- War drama film stubs