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26/03/1953 War, Action 1h 28m
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They crawled their way across the blazing sands of Africa... to turn disaster into victory!

Overview

In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.

  1. Richard Murphy

    Writer

  2. Robert Wise

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Richard Burton

    Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts

  2. James Mason

    Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel

  3. Robert Newton

    Tom Bartlett

  4. Robert Douglas

    General

  5. Torin Thatcher

    Col. Barney White

  6. Chips Rafferty

    Sgt. "Blue" Smith

  7. Charles Tingwell

    Lt. Harry Carstairs

  8. Charles Davis

    Pete

  9. Ben Wright

    Mick

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-04-16
Come out of your holes you desert rats!

The Desert Rats is directed by Robert Wise and written by Richard Murphy. It stars Richard Burton, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty and James Mason. Music is by Leigh Harline and cinematography by Lucien Ballard.

The follow up to The Desert Fox (it's not a sequel) from two years earlier, was in essence an attempt to readdress the balance after The Desert Fox annoyed certain quarters with its admiration for what a great soldier Field Marshal Rommel was. So here we have the battle of Tobruk orchestrated by the astute Robe...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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