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The Desert Rats

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Release Date: March 26, 1953
Genre: War, Action
Duration: 1h 28m
Rating: 6.3/10
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher

Storyline

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.