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The Desert Rats
1953, May 20
1h 28m
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.
Directed by
Robert Wise
Written by
Richard Murphy
Richard Burton
Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
Ben Wright
Mick
Otto Reichow
Gunner (uncredited)
James Mason
Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
John Alderson
Corporal (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
Col. Barney White
Robert Newton
Tom Bartlett
Charles Tingwell
Lt. Harry Carstairs
Nicolas Coster
Medic (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Pate
Capt. Currie (uncredited)
John Fraser
Artillery Man (uncredited)
Guy Prescott
Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited)
Jack Raine
C.I.C. (uncredited)
Chips Rafferty
Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Fritz Ford
Frank Baker
British Officer (uncredited)
Noel Drayton
Captain (uncredited)
Robert Douglas
General
Paul Cavanagh
Colonel (uncredited)
Lester Matthews
Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
John Wengraf
German Doctor (uncredited)
Frank Chase
Commando (uncredited)
James O'Hara
Communications Man (uncredited)
Gavin Muir
Captain (uncredited)
Patrick O'Moore
Jim (uncredited)
Charles Davis
Pete
Patrick Aherne
English Officer (uncredited)
John Blackburn
Sergeant (uncredited)
Robert Boon
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Frederic Brunn
German Gunner (uncredited)
Arthur Brunner
German Radio Man (uncredited)
Paul Busch
German Orderly (uncredited)
Tony Christian
German Sentry (uncredited)
Harold Dyrenforth
Observer (uncredited)
Arno Frey
Kramm (uncredited)
Ray Harden
Hugh (uncredited)
Charles Keane
Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited)
John O'Malley
Riley (uncredited)
Peter Ortiz
Wireman (uncredited)
Richard Peel
Rusty (uncredited)
Jerry Riggio
Commando (uncredited)
Per Skavlan
German Guard (uncredited)
Frederick Stevens
German Major (uncredited)
Gilchrist Stuart
Captain (uncredited)
Albert Taylor
Jensen (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan
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