George Peppard, Nigel Green, Rock Hudson

September 1942 - With Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps on the march through Egypt, a British special forces unit, composed of German Jews who serve with the British despite the mutual resentment between bo...( read more  read more... )th, kidnap a Canadian officer who is an expert topographer and who is held prisoner by the Vichy French in Algeria. The officer, Donald Craig, must negotiate a company of British and German-Jewish commandos through 800 miles of the Sahara to aide a pending amphibious landing against Tobruk's massive fuel storage base - a mission that sees one impediment after another, and which discovers an undetected German armored force ready to win the battle of Egypt.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Arthur Hiller

Release Date: February 7, 1967

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  • September 5, 2007
    It's a great telling of the battle of Tobruk in North Africa with an all star cast with Rock Hudson, Gerger Peppard and Nigel Green.
  • December 2, 2009
    Respectable war film, nicely produced. It has a tendency toward melodrama, but it had suspense, some good action scenes and i has a fine score. For the most part, the acting is good.
  • October 29, 2009
    A true story about a group of British soldiers along with a regiment of german jews travelling across Egypt to stop the petrol supply for the nazis; with a few hiccups along the way.

    It has some witty one liners amongst the drama, it has a great cast with Peppard playing a sup...( read more)erb role and Hudson playing a true hero.

    Its such an interesting film as to see a battle undemined as it was crucial; it is a real classic.
  • February 21, 2009
    wow umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie..i think that rock hudson, george peppard, nigel green all play good parts throughout this movie..i think that the director of thi...( read more)s Drama, Classics movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie..i think that the fight scenes n the gun shoot outs are pretty kewl throughout this movie..its a good movie 2 watch
  • July 19, 2007
    All CLASSICS are GOOD

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