Sahara

Sahara

97 mins | Action, Adventure, War | Sept. 22, 1943

Sergeant Joe Gunn and his tank crew pick up five British soldiers, a Frenchman and a Sudanese man with an Italian prisoner crossing the Libyan Desert to rejoin their command after the fall of Tobruk. Tambul, the Sudanese leads them to an abandoned desert fortress where they hope to find water. Soon a detachment of German soldiers arrives and attempts to barter food for water, but Gunn and his followers refuse. When the Germans attack, Gunn leads his desert-weary men in a desperate battle, hoping that British reinforcements can arrive in time.

Sahara

97 mins | Action, Adventure, War | Sept. 22, 1943

Sahara
Sergeant Joe Gunn and his tank crew pick up five British soldiers, a Frenchman and a Sudanese man with an Italian prisoner crossing the Libyan Desert to rejoin their command after the fall of Tobruk. Tambul, the Sudanese leads them to an abandoned desert fortress where they hope to find water. Soon a detachment of German soldiers arrives and attempts to barter food for water, but Gunn and his followers refuse. When the Germans attack, Gunn leads his desert-weary men in a desperate battle, hoping that British reinforcements can arrive in time.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Sahara
Directors Zoltan Korda, Abby Berlin
Writers James O'Hanlon, John Howard Lawson, Zoltan Korda, Philip MacDonald

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

as Sergeant Joe Gunn

Bruce Bennett

as "Waco" Hoyt

J. Carrol Naish

as Giuseppe

Lloyd Bridges

as Fred Clarkson

Rex Ingram

as Sgt. Major Tambul

Richard Aherne

as Halliday

Dan Duryea

as Jimmy Doyle

Carl Harbord

as Williams

Patrick O'Moore

as Bates

Louis Mercier

as Frenchie

Guy Kingsford

as Stegman

Kurt Kreuger

as Captain von Schletow

John Wengraf

as Major von Falken

Louis Adlon

as Soldier (uncredited)

Niels Bagge

as German Private (uncredited)

Walter Bonn

as Soldier (uncredited)

Frederic Brunn

as German Private (uncredited)

Leslie Denison

as British Soldier (uncredited)

Michael Dyne

as British Soldier (uncredited)

Carl Ekberg

as Sniper (uncredited)

Jack Gardner

as British Soldier (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

as British Officer (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen

as Sheik Ali (uncredited)

Peter Lawford

as British Soldier (uncredited)

Nelson Leigh

as British Soldier (uncredited)

Anthony Marsh

as Soldier (uncredited)

John Meredith

as Soldier (uncredited)

George N. Neise

as British Sergeant (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

as German Captain (uncredited)

Henry Rowland

as Captured German Private (uncredited)

John Royce

as Soldier (uncredited)

Hans Schumm

as Sgt. Krause (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Walter Thiele

as Sniper (uncredited)

Frederick Worlock

as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)