Silent Raiders

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.

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 ... Sgt. Jack Earle Lyon ... Sgt. Malloy Jeanette Bordeaux ... French Girl Earl Hansen ... Pepe Robert Knapp ... Lt. Finch Dean Fredericks ... Chief Frank Stanlow ... Horse Carl Swanstrom ... 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.

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