The Desert Rats

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Directed by

Robert Wise

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Richard Burton
Capt. 'Tammy' MacRoberts

James Mason
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Robert Newton
Tom Bartlett

Robert Douglas
General

Torin Thatcher
Col. Barney White

Chips Rafferty
Sgt. 'Blue' Smith

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Lt. Harry Carstairs

Charles Davis
Pete

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Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.

Release date: 20 May 1953
UPC: 024543041900

Tags: Drama (5), Adventure (4), War (4), Action (3), Sequel (3), History (2), Nazi (2), 1950s (2), World War II (2), 1953 (2), WWII (1), American (1), 20th Century Fox (1)

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"Interesting re-enactment of the desert campaign during WWII as seen through the experiences of one small company in the British army. A motley band of Commonwealth troops of mixed personalities led by Captain MacRoberts played by Richard Burton. Through the fire and hell of battling the Desert Fox and his war-hardened troops, MacRoberts by lifting their spirits and their morale eventually melds his men into a fighting fit group of warriors. The Desert Rats is a very realistic war movie, present"