In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.
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Classical in form, resolved, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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- Rock HudsonMajor Donald Craig
- George PeppardCaptain Kurt Bergman
- Nigel GreenColonel John Harker
- Guy StockwellLt. Max Mohnfeld
- Jack WatsonSgt. Maj. Jack Tyne
- Norman RossingtonAlfie
- Percy HerbertDolan
- Liam RedmondHenry Portman
- Heidy HuntCheryl Portman
- Leo GordonSgt. Krug
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- Arthur HillerDirector
- Leo GordonScreenplay
- Russell HarlanDirector of Photography
- Bronislau KaperOriginal Music Composer
- Robert C. JonesEditor
- Gene CormanProducer
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