Film

The Desert Rats

1953 · 1h 28m · War · Action

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

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

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.

Richard Burton

Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts

James Mason

Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel

Robert Newton

Tom Bartlett

Robert Douglas

General

Torin Thatcher

Col. Barney White

Chips Rafferty

Sgt. "Blue" Smith

Charles Tingwell

Lt. Harry Carstairs

Charles Davis

Pete

Ben Wright

Mick

Patrick Aherne

English Officer (uncredited)

John Alderson

Corporal (uncredited)

Frank Baker

British Officer (uncredited)

John Blackburn

Sergeant (uncredited)

Robert Boon

German Lieutenant (uncredited)

Frederic Brunn

German Gunner (uncredited)

Arthur Brunner

German Radio Man (uncredited)

• Robert WiseDirector
• Richard MurphyWriter
• Robert L. JacksProducer
• Lucien BallardDirector of Photography
• Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer
• Barbara McLeanEditor

THE DESERT RATS(1953) Original Theatrical Trailer

Release date

March 26, 1953

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Genres

War, Action

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