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The Desert Rats (US, Robert Wise, 1953)
Production company: 20th Century Fox
Country: US
Running Time: 88 mins
Producer: Robert L Jacks
Director: Robert Wise
Screenplay: Richard Murphy

CAST

Richard Burton as Captain Tammy MacRoberts
Robert Newton as Tom Bartlett
Robert Douglas as the General
Torin Thatcher as Barney
And
James Mason as Rommel



SYNOPSIS

The British are on retreat as Rommel (James Mason) heads for the Suez Canal but in between lies Tobruk. The British Captain MacRoberts (Richard Burton) heads the Australian troops stationed there. MacRoberts leads the men into daring raids against Rommel‘s troops. Stationed at Tobruk for two months, initially, they are there for nine and the hope of relief is fading.
Reviews
Rating: 3/5
Ilsa
August 2005

Ilsa
August 2005

Lois
August 2005

 

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