# They Raid by Night

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{{short description|1942 film by Spencer Gordon Bennet}}
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{{Infobox film
 | name = They Raid by Night
 | image=They Raid By Night Orig Poster.jpg
 | caption = Original theatrical poster
 | director = [Spencer Gordon Bennet](/source/Spencer_Gordon_Bennet)
 | producer = Dixon R. Harwin
 | screenplay = [Jack Natteford](/source/Jack_Natteford)
 | starring = [Lyle Talbot](/source/Lyle_Talbot)<br/>[June Duprez](/source/June_Duprez)
 | music = David Chudnow
 | cinematography = [Gilbert Warrenton](/source/Gilbert_Warrenton)
 | editing = [Charles Henkel Jr.](/source/Charles_Henkel_Jr.)
 | studio = [PRC](/source/Producers_Releasing_Corporation)
 | distributor =PRC {{small|(US)}}
 | released = {{Film date|1942|06|19|US}}
 | runtime = 73 minutes
 | country = United States
 | language = English
 | budget = 
 | gross = 
}}

'''''They Raid by Night''''' is a 1942 American [low-budget](/source/Low-budget_film) [World War II](/source/World_War_II) film directed by [Spencer Gordon Bennet](/source/Spencer_Gordon_Bennet) and starring [Lyle Talbot](/source/Lyle_Talbot) and [June Duprez](/source/June_Duprez). It was from [Producers Releasing Corporation](/source/Producers_Releasing_Corporation).

== Plot ==
The story follows the insertion of [British Commandos](/source/Commandos_(United_Kingdom)) into [Norway](/source/Norway) to rescue Norwegian Gen. Heden from captivity and take him to the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) to lead the [Free Norwegian Forces](/source/Norwegian_Armed_Forces_in_exile).

The film opens with the execution of a British [spy](/source/spy) who was sent to support [partisan](/source/Partisan_(military)) activities. A small team is assembled which consists of Canadian Capt. Robert Owen, British Sgt. Harry Hall and Norwegian Lt. Erik Falken. The team parachutes in, but Falken is recognised by a local woman who reports them to her German lover and Dalberg, a [Quisling](/source/Quisling). A team is sent to capture them but after they overpower their captors and free the general from the prison camp. They are soon pursued by the German authorities.

On the road in a captured German car, they are attacked and forced to take shelter after Heden is hurt. They send Falken to get assistance from a doctor but he is betrayed once again by the same woman whom he had known when growing up in his hometown. The Germans take Falken alive and, pretending to be the doctor they requested, capture Owen near the house they are hiding in. Hall manages to keep Heden in safety in the house.

Owen misleads the Germans about their escape plans and after the Germans realise their mistake, they are surprised to find that the two prisoners have been freed by Dalberg. Owen and Falken manage to return to Hall and Heden, and the party moves off to rendezvous with the incoming Commandos and [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) boats.

The film includes real footage from British Commando raids on [German occupying forces](/source/German_occupation_of_Norway) in Norway [in March](/source/Operation_Claymore) and [December](/source/Operation_Archery) of 1941.

== Main cast ==
{{div col}}
*[Lyle Talbot](/source/Lyle_Talbot) as Capt. Robert Owen
*[June Duprez](/source/June_Duprez) as Inga Beckering
*[Victor Varconi](/source/Victor_Varconi) as Col. Otto von Ritter
*[George N. Neise](/source/George_N._Neise) as Lt. Erik Falken
*[Charley Rogers](/source/Charley_Rogers) as Sgt. Harry Hall
*[Paul Baratoff](/source/Paul_Baratoff) as Maj. Gen. Heden
*[Leslie Denison](/source/Leslie_Denison) as Capt. Ralph Deane
*[Crane Whitley](/source/Crane_Whitley) as Doctor
*[Sven Hugo Borg](/source/Sven_Hugo_Borg) as Dalberg
*[Eric Wilton](/source/Eric_Wilton) as Maj. Gen. Lloyd
*[Pierce Lyden](/source/Pierce_Lyden) as Braun, Ritter's Aide
*[John Beck](/source/John_Beck_(B-movie_actor)) as Mr. Sandling, Beggar
*[Robert Fischer](/source/Robert_Fischer_(actor)) as Major Von Memel
*[Sigfrid Tor](/source/Sigfrid_Tor) as German Lieutenant
*Brian O'Hara as Lammet, Radio Broadcaster
*['Snub' Pollard](/source/'Snub'_Pollard) as Bertie, Messenger / Orderly
*[Bruce Kellogg](/source/Bruce_Kellogg) as Sentry
{{div col end}}

== External links ==
*{{YouTube|id=LRFu9XPVYF4|title=They Raid by Night}} 
*{{AFI film|27506|They Raid by Night}}
*{{IMDb title|0035430|They Raid by Night}}
*{{Internet Archive film|id=they_raid_by_night|name=They Raid by Night}}

{{Spencer Gordon Bennet}}

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Category:Commandos (United Kingdom)
Category:1942 films
Category:1942 drama films
Category:American World War II films
Category:1942 English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Producers Releasing Corporation films
Category:World War II films made in wartime
Category:Films set in Norway
Category:Films about Norwegian resistance movement
Category:American drama films
Category:Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Category:English-language drama films

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