The Desert Rats (1953)
They crawled their way across the blazing sands of Africa... to turn disaster into victory!
88 min
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.
- Release date
- May 20, 1953
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Richard Burton as Capt. 'Tammy' MacRoberts
- James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- Robert Newton as Tom Bartlett
- Robert Douglas as General
- Torin Thatcher as Col. Barney White
- Chips Rafferty as Sgt. 'Blue' Smith
- Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Lt. Harry Carstairs
- Charles Davis as Pete
- Ben Wright as Mick
- Patrick Aherne as English Officer
- John Alderson as Corporal (uncredited)
- Frank Baker as British Officer (uncredited)
- Robert Boon as German Lieutenant (uncredited)
- Frederic Brunn as German Gunner (uncredited)
- Paul Busch as German Orderly (uncredited)
- Paul Cavanagh as Colonel (uncredited)
- Frank Chase as Commando (uncredited)
- Nicolas Coster as Medic (uncredited)
- Noel Drayton as Captain (uncredited)
- Harold Dyrenforth as Observer (uncredited)
- Charles B. Fitzsimons as Fire Officer (uncredited)
- John Fraser as Artillery Man (uncredited)
- Arno Frey as Kramm (uncredited)
- Charles Keane as Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited)
- Lester Matthews as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
- Gavin Muir as Captain (uncredited)
Crew
- Robert Wise · Director
- Richard Murphy · Writer
- Robert L. Jacks · Producer
- Leigh Harline · Composer
- Lucien Ballard · Cinematographer
- Barbara McLean · Editor