The Desert Rats
War
Action
They crawled their way across the blazing sands of Africa... to turn disaster into victory!
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.
1953-03-26
en
Cast
Director
Robert Wise
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
Charles Tingwell as Lt. Harry Carstairs
Charles Davis as Pete
Ben Wright as Mick
Patrick Aherne as English Officer (uncredited)
John Alderson as Corporal (uncredited)
Frank Baker as British Officer (uncredited)
Paul Cavanagh as Colonel (uncredited)
Frank Chase as Commando (uncredited)
Nicolas Coster as Medic (uncredited)
Noel Drayton as Captain (uncredited)
Charles B. Fitzsimons as Fire Officer (uncredited)
John Fraser as Artillery Man (uncredited)
Lester Matthews as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
Gavin Muir as Captain (uncredited)
James O'Hara as Communications Man (uncredited)
Patrick O'Moore as Jim (uncredited)
Michael Pate as Capt. Currie (uncredited)
Guy Prescott as Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited)
Jack Raine as C.I.C. (uncredited)
Otto Reichow as Gunner (uncredited)
Michael Rennie as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
John Wengraf as German Doctor (uncredited)