Silent Raiders Explained

Silent Raiders
Director:	Richard Bartlett
Producer:	Earle Lyon Richard Bartlett
Starring:	Richard Bartlett Earle Lyon Jeanette Bordeaux
Music:	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography:	Glen Gano
Editing:	Al Walker
Studio:	L&B Productions
Distributor:	Lippert Pictures
Runtime:	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

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 and References

1. Web site: Richard Bartlett Biography. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150327031830/www.dlife.com/diabetes/famous_people/writers_reporters_editors/richard-bartlett-biography. 2015-03-27.
2. Web site: SILENT RAIDERS(1954). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170920092854/www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90147/Silent-Raiders/notes.html. 2017-09-20.