The Desert Rats
1953
They crawled their way across the blazing sands of Africa... to turn disaster into victory!
- Robert Wise
- 1h 28m
- March 26, 1953 · United States of America
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 26, 1953
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, German
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Cast
- Richard Burton,James Mason,Robert Newton,Robert Douglas,Torin Thatcher,Chips Rafferty,Charles Tingwell,Charles Davis,Ben Wright,Patrick Aherneand 38 more
- Director
- Robert Wise
- Writer
- Richard Murphy
- Producer
- Robert L. Jacks
- Cinematography
- Lucien Ballard
- Music
- Leigh Harline
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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