Tonight We Raid Calais

19431943
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1h 10m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

241

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Annabella and John Sutton in Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)

Action Drama Romance

During WW2, a British commando lands in Nazi-occupied France to locate a German munitions plant and to mark the target with a beacon for the Allied night bombers sent to destroy it.During WW2, a British commando lands in Nazi-occupied France to locate a German munitions plant and to mark the target with a beacon for the Allied night bombers sent to destroy it.During WW2, a British commando lands in Nazi-occupied France to locate a German munitions plant and to mark the target with a beacon for the Allied night bombers sent to destroy it.

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

241

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Brahm
Writers
- Waldo Salt(screenplay)
- L. Willinger(story)
- Rohama Lee(story)
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Trivia
One of Quentin Tarantino's favorite war films.

Goofs
When Carter and Bonnard are up on the hill, looking out over the village, they are shown from the rear standing about 2 feet apart. The camera angle changes and they are shoulder to shoulder.

Connections
Referenced in You Must Remember This: The Blacklist Part 2: Crossfire - The Trials of the Hollywood Ten (2016)

Soundtracks
Le Chant du Départ
Music by Étienne-Nicolas Méhul
Lyrics by Marie-Joseph Chénier
Sung by Annabella

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Very good for a wartime propaganda film.

While "Tonight We Raid Calais" isn't the most realistic film and it smacks very hard of a wartime propaganda flick, it is well made and worth seeing.

"Tonight We Raid Calais" begins with a soldier being called out of a meet for a special assignment. I liked this scene as when you hear various names called out, one was 'Chateaubriand'---which is a type of tenderloin steak. I think someone slipped this one in as a joke. But the special assignment is not a joke--a French-speaking British soldier is sent to pinpoint a German weapons factory so that bombers can hone in one it. Once in France, however, it becomes clear that while most are patriotic and hate their German overlords, some are more than willing to save their own sorry skins by appeasing their new masters. Will the soldier's assignment succeed...and will he pick up a hot French lady at the same time? Overall, the film does what it was intended to do--shore up support for the war effort. While it's not brilliant, it's well made, interesting and different. Worth seeing--especially so you can see Lee J. Cobb play a Frenchman! Annabella (Mrs. Tyrone Power)

By the way, the leading lady, Annabella, was married to Tyrone Power.

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