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6.3In 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.
Released: 1953-03-2688 minDir: Robert WiseWar, Action
Cast
- Richard Burton as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
- James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
- Robert Newton as Tom Bartlett
- Robert Douglas as General
- Torin Thatcher as Col. Barney White
- Chips Rafferty as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Themes
- world war ii
- desert
- libyan desert
- rommel
- tobruk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Robert Wise
- Screenwriter
- Richard Murphy
- Cast member
- Gavin Muir
- Composer
- Leigh Harline
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Lucien Ballard
- Narrative location
- Libya
- Filming location
- San Diego
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 445349
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- TitleTheDesertRatsTrailerScreenshot1953.jpg
- Significant event
- principal photography
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- Commons category
- The Desert Rats (film)
- publication date
- 1953-05-20
- title
- The Desert Rats
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- film editor
- Barbara McLean
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- narrator
- Michael Rennie
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 100%
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