The Desert Rats

1953 "They crawled their way across the blazing sands of Africa... to turn disaster into victory!"
The Desert Rats
6.7| 1h28m| NR| en| Action, War
Storyline

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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20th Century Fox

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  • The Desert Rats 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
Ben Wright as Mick