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The Desert Rats

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.
1953
88 min
6.3
War / Action
Genres
War / Action
Runtime
88 min
Year
1953
Director
Robert Wise
Writers
Richard Murphy
Studio
20th Century Fox

Top Billed Cast

Richard Burton
Richard Burton
Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
James Mason
James Mason
Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
Robert Newton
Robert Newton
Tom Bartlett
Robert Douglas
Robert Douglas
General
Torin Thatcher
Torin Thatcher
Col. Barney White
Chips Rafferty
Chips Rafferty
Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Charles Tingwell
Charles Tingwell
Lt. Harry Carstairs
Charles Davis
Charles Davis
Pete
Ben Wright
Ben Wright
Mick
Patrick Aherne
Patrick Aherne
English Officer (uncredited)

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