The Desert Rats

The Desert Rats
1953WarAction88 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 se... read more

  • Robert Wise

    Director

  • Richard Murphy

    Writer

  • Lucien Ballard

    Director of Photography

  • Barbara McLean

    Editor

  • Richard Burton

    Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts

  • James Mason

    Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel

  • Robert Newton

    Tom Bartlett

  • Robert Douglas

    General

  • Torin Thatcher

    Col. Barney White

  • Chips Rafferty

    Sgt. "Blue" Smith

  • Charles Tingwell

    Lt. Harry Carstairs

  • Charles Davis

    Pete

  • Ben Wright

    Mick

  • Patrick Aherne

    English Officer (uncredited)

  • John Alderson

    Corporal (uncredited)

  • Frank Baker

    British Officer (uncredited)

  • John Blackburn

    Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Robert Boon

    German Lieutenant (uncredited)

  • Frederic Brunn

    German Gunner (uncredited)

  • Arthur Brunner

    German Radio Man (uncredited)

  • Paul Busch

    German Orderly (uncredited)

  • Paul Cavanagh

    Colonel (uncredited)

  • Frank Chase

    Commando (uncredited)

  • Tony Christian

    German Sentry (uncredited)

  • Nicolas Coster

    Medic (uncredited)

  • Noel Drayton

    Captain (uncredited)

  • Harold Dyrenforth

    Observer (uncredited)

  • Charles B. Fitzsimons

    Fire Officer (uncredited)

  • John Fraser

    Artillery Man (uncredited)

  • Arno Frey

    Kramm (uncredited)

  • Ray Harden

    Hugh (uncredited)

  • Charles Keane

    Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited)

  • Lester Matthews

    Foreign Secretary (uncredited)

  • Gavin Muir

    Captain (uncredited)

  • James O'Hara

    Communications Man (uncredited)

  • John O'Malley

    Riley (uncredited)

  • Patrick O'Moore

    Jim (uncredited)

  • Peter Ortiz

    Wireman (uncredited)

  • Michael Pate

    Capt. Currie (uncredited)

  • Richard Peel

    Rusty (uncredited)

  • Guy Prescott

    Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited)

  • Jack Raine

    C.I.C. (uncredited)

  • Otto Reichow

    Gunner (uncredited)

  • Michael Rennie

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    88 minutes

    Released

    1953-05-20

    Languages

    English

    Deutsch

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    20th Century Fox

    Sound

  • Leigh Harline

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    142 days ago

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