''Silent Raiders'' is a 1954 low budget American

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...

directed, starring and co-produced by

Richard Bartlett Richard H. Bartlett (8 November 1922 – 11 June 1994), also known as Dick Bartlett, was an American film director, director and film producer, producer in film and TV. He also acted and wrote. He is best known for his low budget features in th ...

. It was the first film of the L&B Production Company, consisting of Earle Lyon and Richard Bartlett.

Plot

Prior to the

Dieppe Raid Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was an Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during the Second World War. Over 6,050 infantry, predominantly Canadian, supported by a regiment o ...

, seven

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come ashore. Their mission is to destroy a German communications centre that controls the coastal guns that threaten the Canadian

amphibious assault Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore at a designated landing beach. Through history the operations were conducted ...

Cast

as Sgt. Jack * Earle Lyon as Sgt. Malloy * Jeanette Bordeaux as French Girl * Earl Hansen as Pepe * Robert Knapp asLt. Finch *

Dean Fredericks Frederick Joseph Foote (January 21, 1924 – June 30, 1999) was an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the title role in the television series '' Steve Canyon''. Born in Los Angeles, California. Fredericks s ...

as Chief * Frank Stanlow as Horse * Carl Swanstrom as Wetzel

Production

Produced for $27,000 with the

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s of ''Dieppe Raid'' and ''Three Miles to Dawn'', it was filmed in

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in 1953. The producers were able to use composer

Elmer Bernstein Elmer Bernstein ( '; April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 origi ...

who was relegated to minor studios during the

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period.

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* American World War II films 1954 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-stub