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The Desert Rats

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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.

Date: 05/20/1953

Rating: 6.2

Cast: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty, Charles Tingwell, Charles Davis, Ben Wright, Patrick Aherne, John Alderson, Frank Baker, John Blackburn, Robert Boon, Frederic Brunn, Arthur Brunner, Paul Busch, Paul Cavanagh, Frank Chase, Tony Christian, Nicolas Coster, Noel Drayton, Harold Dyrenforth, Charles B. Fitzsimons, John Fraser, Arno Frey, Ray Harden, Charles Keane, Lester Matthews, Gavin Muir, James O'Hara, John O'Malley, Patrick O'Moore, Peter Ortiz, Michael Pate, Richard Peel, Guy Prescott, Jack Raine, Otto Reichow, Michael Rennie, Jerry Riggio, Per Skavlan, Frederick Stevens, Gilchrist Stuart, Albert Taylor, John Wengraf, Alfred Zeisler, Ashley Cowan

Richard Burton