Silent Raiders

1954 film by Richard Bartlett
  • September 17, 1954 (1954-09-17)
Running time
65 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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

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.[2]

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

Notes

  1. ^ "Richard Bartlett Biography". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27.
  2. ^ "SILENT RAIDERS(1954)". Archived from the original on 2017-09-20.

External links

  • Silent Raiders at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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