Review of The Raid

The Raid (1954)
7/10
The Raid- worth a peek but a little too tidy
16 February 2007
Ran across The Raid...

A good plot. Too bad about:

+the Southerners lacking any trace of Southern accents +Terrible post production sound- external shouting recorded in a tinny sound studio so it resembles someone inside a metal box +bad visual fx with fire and backdrops

Helfin and Bancroft a good pair tho there is something 1950's about their prim relationship (well, it was 1954). As usual the child actors are teeth grindingly bad. The star is Lee Marvin, in a minor role, coming straight out of Rebel Without a Cause and heading towards greater psycho things

Thanks to the site for telling me it was based on a real incident
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