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The Desert Rats

The Desert Rats1953

★6.388 minWarAction

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.

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

Richard Burton James Mason Robert Newton

Cast48

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
Charles Davis
as Pete
Ben Wright
as Mick
Patrick Aherne
as English Officer (uncredited)
John Alderson
as Corporal (uncredited)
Frank Baker
as British Officer (uncredited)
J
John Blackburn
as Sergeant (uncredited)
R
Robert Boon
as German Lieutenant (uncredited)
F
Frederic Brunn
as German Gunner (uncredited)
A
Arthur Brunner
as German Radio Man (uncredited)
P
Paul Busch
as German Orderly (uncredited)
Paul Cavanagh
as Colonel (uncredited)
Frank Chase
as Commando (uncredited)
T
Tony Christian
as German Sentry (uncredited)
Nicolas Coster
as Medic (uncredited)
Noel Drayton
as Captain (uncredited)
H
Harold Dyrenforth
as Observer (uncredited)
Charles B. Fitzsimons
as Fire Officer (uncredited)
John Fraser
as Artillery Man (uncredited)
A
Arno Frey
as Kramm (uncredited)
R
Ray Harden
as Hugh (uncredited)
C
Charles Keane
as Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited)
Lester Matthews
as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
Gavin Muir
as Captain (uncredited)
James O'Hara
as Communications Man (uncredited)
J
John O'Malley
as Riley (uncredited)
Patrick O'Moore
as Jim (uncredited)
P
Peter Ortiz
as Wireman (uncredited)
Michael Pate
as Capt. Currie (uncredited)
R
Richard Peel
as Rusty (uncredited)
Guy Prescott
as Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited)
Jack Raine
as C.I.C. (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
as Gunner (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
J
Jerry Riggio
as Commando (uncredited)
P
Per Skavlan
as German Guard (uncredited)
F
Frederick Stevens
as German Major (uncredited)
G
Gilchrist Stuart
as Captain (uncredited)
A
Albert Taylor
as Jensen (uncredited)
John Wengraf
as German Doctor (uncredited)
A
Alfred Zeisler
as von Helmholtz (uncredited)
A
Ashley Cowan

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