The Desert Rats

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Release date: May 20, 1953
Duration: 88 minutes
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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.

Starring

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Richard Burton
Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
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James Mason
Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
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Robert Newton
Tom Bartlett
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Robert Douglas
General
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Torin Thatcher
Col. Barney White