They Raid by Night (1942)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Writer:

Jack Natteford (writer)

Release Date:

19 June 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

The British Commandos send Bob Owen (Lyle Talbot) to Norway to prepare for a raid. His mission also...

Plot Keywords:

WWII

Cast

Lyle Talbot	...	Capt. Robert Owen
June Duprez	...	Inga Beckering
Victor Varconi	...	Col. Otto von Ritter
George N. Neise	...	Lt. Erik Falken
Charley Rogers	...	Sgt. Harry Hall
Paul Baratoff	...	General Heden
Leslie Denison	...	Capt. Ralph Deane
Crane Whitley	...	Doctor
Sven Hugo Borg	...	Dalberg
Eric Wilton	...	General Lloyd
Pierce Lyden	...	Braun, Ritter's Aide
John Beck	...	Mr. Sandling, Beggar
Robert Fischer	...	Major Von Memel
Sigfrid Tor	...	German Lieutenant
Brian O'Hara	...	Lammet, Radio Brodcaster

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #8398)

Company:

Producers Releasing Corporation

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At exactly 9 minutes and 14 seconds, you can clearly hear someone coughing on the set. Another voice is heard coughing again 5 seconds later.

Norwegian Wood

Lyle Talbot (as Robert "Bob" Owen) fights Nazis in Norway, during World War II. Helping him out are native son George N. Neise (as Erik Falken) and British wisecracker Charley Rogers (as Harry Hall). Mr. Neise's old acquaintance June Duprez (as Inga Beckering) adds femininity and intrigue to the cast. Once engaged to Neise, Ms. Duprez has hooked up with properly accented Victor Varconi (as Otto von Ritter). Mr. Varconi gets the line, "My men have vays of making you talk." Spencer Gordon Bennet's "They Raid by Night", subtitled "A Story of the Commandos", features a very catchy theme song, and is good for a few unexpectedly good laughs.