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Richard Burton stars in this exciting story of the stubborn, courageous men who held Rommel at bay in North Africa despite hopelessly outnumbered.
The Desert Rats: Directed by Robert Wise. With Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas. Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Robert Wise
- 1953-05-20
The Desert Rats is a 1953 American black-and-white war film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Robert L. Jacks, directed by Robert Wise, that stars Richard Burton, James Mason, and Robert Newton. The film's storyline concerns the Siege of Tobruk in 1941 North Africa during World War II.
20 Ratings. In this sequel to all-time favorite war movie The Desert Fox, World War II British commando Richard Burton takes charge of a defiant, vastly outnumbered Australian division in their heroic stand against the German troops in North Africa.
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Jul 10, 2021 · The Desert Rats begins with Rommel (James Mason) being driven across the desert in a staff car. He comes across as impatient and determined to capture Cairo and Suez. But Tobruk holds out in his rear, and he must seize it before continuing his advance into Egypt.
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