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The Desert Rats

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Calorie Rating: 124
Released: 1953-05-20
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Studios: 20th Century Fox,


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 / Directors

Robert Wise
Director
Richard Maybery
Assistant Director


Cast

Richard Burton
Character: Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
James Mason
Character: Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
Robert Newton
Character: Tom Bartlett

Robert Douglas
Character: General
Torin Thatcher
Character: Col. Barney White
Chips Rafferty
Character: Sgt. "Blue" Smith

Charles Tingwell
Character: Lt. Harry Carstairs
Charles Davis
Character: Pete
Ben Wright
Character: Mick

Patrick Aherne
Character: English Officer (uncredited)
John Alderson
Character: Corporal (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Character: British Officer (uncredited)

John Blackburn
Character: Sergeant (uncredited)
Robert Boon
Character: German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Frederic Brunn
Character: German Gunner (uncredited)

Arthur Brunner
Character: German Radio Man (uncredited)
Paul Busch
Character: German Orderly (uncredited)
Paul Cavanagh
Character: Colonel (uncredited)

Frank Chase
Character: Commando (uncredited)
Tony Christian
Character: German Sentry (uncredited)
Nicolas Coster
Character: Medic (uncredited)

Noel Drayton
Character: Captain (uncredited)
Harold Dyrenforth
Character: Observer (uncredited)
Charles B. Fitzsimons
Character: Fire Officer (uncredited)

John Fraser
Character: Artillery Man (uncredited)
Arno Frey
Character: Kramm (uncredited)
Ray Harden
Character: Hugh (uncredited)

Charles Keane
Character: Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited)
Lester Matthews
Character: Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
Gavin Muir
Character: Captain (uncredited)

James O'Hara
Character: Communications Man (uncredited)
John O'Malley
Character: Riley (uncredited)
Patrick O'Moore
Character: Jim (uncredited)

Peter Ortiz
Character: Wireman (uncredited)
Michael Pate
Character: Capt. Currie (uncredited)
Richard Peel
Character: Rusty (uncredited)

Guy Prescott
Character: Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited)
Jack Raine
Character: C.I.C. (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
Character: Gunner (uncredited)

Michael Rennie
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jerry Riggio
Character: Commando (uncredited)
Per Skavlan
Character: German Guard (uncredited)

Frederick Stevens
Character: German Major (uncredited)
Gilchrist Stuart
Character: Captain (uncredited)
Albert Taylor
Character: Jensen (uncredited)

John Wengraf
Character: German Doctor (uncredited)
Alfred Zeisler
Character: von Helmholtz (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography

Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Supervisor
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
Ray Kellogg
Special Effects

Ben Nye
Makeup Artist

Addison Hehr
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction

Fred J. Rode
Set Decoration
Alfred Newman
Music Director

Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator