The Desert Rats
movie
They crawled their way across the blazing sands of Africa... to turn disaster into victory!
Released March 26, 1953
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.
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
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)
Crew
Robert Wise
as
Director
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Richard Murphy
as
Writer
Leigh Harline
as
Original Music Composer
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Robert L. Jacks
as
Producer
Lucien Ballard
as
Director of Photography
Barbara McLean
as
Editor
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Addison Hehr
as
Art Direction
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Lyle R. Wheeler
as
Art Direction
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Fred J. Rode
as
Set Decoration
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Ben Nye
as
Makeup Artist
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Richard Maybery
as
Assistant Director
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Alfred Bruzlin
as
Sound