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Granted "They Raid By Night" is not one of the best films of 1942, but it certainly is not the worst. Lyle Talbot and Charley Rogers turn in good performances unlike the rest of the cast. Talbot who had been in many "A" pictures for Warner Brothers/First National in the 1930s was now appearing in "B" pictures in the 1940s through no fault of his own. He was one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild and the studios frowned on that and punished him, making it difficult for him to find work with the majors. One reviewer states the "film stars a man well acquainted with B-movies, Lyle Talbot" as though it was due to his lack of talent, which is not the case. The reviewer goes on to write that the film " not especially watchable-especially when there are so many better films like it already. This is clearly NOT another "Heroes of Tellemark"! Dumb and unconvincing." Unfortunately, he incorrectly spelled the title of the film he is citing. It is "Telemark" and Rotten Tomatoes gave the "Heroes of Telemark" a 67% rating and an average rating of 6.10/10, which is makes it fairly average.