The Desert Rats

The Desert Rats (1953)

They crawled their way across the blazing sands of Africa... to turn disaster into victory!

  • Genre: War, Action
  • Release Date: 1953-05-20
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 90 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Robert Wise
star 6.3/10
From 90 Ratings
6.7

Summary

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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  • 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)

  • John Blackburn

    as Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Robert Boon

    as German Lieutenant (uncredited)

  • Frederic Brunn

    as German Gunner (uncredited)

  • Arthur Brunner

    as German Radio Man (uncredited)

  • Paul Busch

    as German Orderly (uncredited)

  • Paul Cavanagh

    as Colonel (uncredited)

  • Frank Chase

    as Commando (uncredited)

  • Tony Christian

    as German Sentry (uncredited)

  • Nicolas Coster

    as Medic (uncredited)

  • Noel Drayton

    as Captain (uncredited)

  • Harold Dyrenforth

    as Observer (uncredited)

  • Charles B. Fitzsimons

    as Fire Officer (uncredited)

  • John Fraser

    as Artillery Man (uncredited)

  • Arno Frey

    as Kramm (uncredited)

  • Ray Harden

    as Hugh (uncredited)

  • Charles Keane

    as Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited)

  • Lester Matthews

    as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)

  • Gavin Muir

    as Captain (uncredited)

  • James O'Hara

    as Communications Man (uncredited)

  • John O'Malley

    as Riley (uncredited)

  • Patrick O'Moore

    as Jim (uncredited)

  • Peter Ortiz

    as Wireman (uncredited)

  • Michael Pate

    as Capt. Currie (uncredited)

  • 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)

  • Jerry Riggio

    as Commando (uncredited)

  • Per Skavlan

    as German Guard (uncredited)

  • Frederick Stevens

    as German Major (uncredited)

  • Gilchrist Stuart

    as Captain (uncredited)

  • Albert Taylor

    as Jensen (uncredited)

  • John Wengraf

    as German Doctor (uncredited)

  • Alfred Zeisler

    as von Helmholtz (uncredited)

  • Ashley Cowan

    as
Directing Robert Wise Director
Writing Richard Murphy Writer
Sound Leigh Harline Original Music Composer
Production Robert L. Jacks Producer
Camera Lucien Ballard Director of Photography
Editing Barbara McLean Editor
Art Addison Hehr Art Direction
Art Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
Art Fred J. Rode Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Directing Richard Maybery Assistant Director
Sound Alfred Bruzlin Sound
Sound Roger Heman Sr. Sound
Crew Fritz Ford Stunts
Crew Ray Kellogg Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Charles LeMaire Wardrobe Supervisor
Sound Alfred Newman Music Director
Sound Edward B. Powell Orchestrator

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