Tobruk

Tobruk

107 mins | Drama, War, History | Feb. 7, 1967

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.

Tobruk

107 mins | Drama, War, History | Feb. 7, 1967

Tobruk
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Universal Pictures, Gibraltar Productions, The Corman Company
Original title Tobruk
Directors Arthur Hiller
Writers Leo Gordon

Cast

Rock Hudson

as Major Donald Craig

George Peppard

as Captain Kurt Bergman

Nigel Green

as Colonel John Harker

Guy Stockwell

as Lt. Max Mohnfeld

Jack Watson

as Sgt. Maj. Jack Tyne

Percy Herbert

as Dolan

Liam Redmond

as Henry Portman

Heidy Hunt

as Cheryl Portman

Leo Gordon

as Sgt. Krug

Robert Wolders

as Corporal Bruckner

Curt Lowens

as German Colonel