The Desert Rats

Synopsis

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.

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Top of the call sheet

• 
  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

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