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07/02/1967 Drama, History, War 1h 47m
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Overview

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.

  1. Arthur Hiller

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Rock Hudson

    Major Donald Craig

  2. George Peppard

    Captain Kurt Bergman

  3. Nigel Green

    Colonel John Harker

  4. Guy Stockwell

    Lt. Max Mohnfeld

  5. Jack Watson

    Sgt. Maj. Jack Tyne

  6. Norman Rossington

    Alfie

  7. Percy Herbert

    Dolan

  8. Liam Redmond

    Henry Portman

  9. Heidy Hunt

    Cheryl Portman

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-05-18
Now there are a few curious casting choices here that do bamboozle a bit, but once it gets going it is quite a decent wartime adventure. Rock Hudson is the Canadian “Craig” who finds himself in North Africa implementing a plan he had thought had been kiboshed by the upper echelons of the British army. Namely, he is to assist “Col. Harker” (Nigel Green) in crossing eight hundred miles of unforgiving Sahara and nobbling Field Marshal Rommel’s fuel supplies - before his Afrika Korps can advance on Egypt. The two don’t exactly see eye-to-eye, and those problems are exacerbated by the p...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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