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Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
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30 April 1943 (USA) morePlot:
British Intellengence dispatches Commando Geoffrey Carter (John Sutton) on a one-man raid to destroy... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Solo Commando raid on France with help of French farmers moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Annabella | ... | Odette Bonnard | |
| John Sutton | ... | Geoffrey Carter | |
| Lee J. Cobb | ... | Bonnard | |
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Mme. Bonnard | |
| Blanche Yurka | ... | Widow Grelieu | |
| Howard Da Silva | ... | Sgt. Block | |
| Marcel Dalio | ... | Jaques Grandet | |
| Ann Codee | ... | Mme. Grandet |
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Production values are very basic in this quickly made WW II soft-propaganda effort. The writing is wooden and predictable with the appropriate highs and lows considering the patriotic terrain of 1942-43. There were hundreds of these films made--inexpensive, short and fit right into the lower half of a double feature--the meat and potatoes of the time. There is a U.S. War Bonds logo at the end of the film, and as I remember it, they would actually go around in the movie house and collect for the war effort. John Sutton manages to make a payday with his acting, and a young Lee J. Cobb (made up to look older!) does show signs of his later greatness. Annabella's part is so contrived, that it would have challenged a far better actress to make it work. To the history of propaganda cinema buffs, "Calais" should hold one's interest.