The Desert Rats

The Desert Rats

88 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, War | May 20, 1953

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.

The Desert Rats

88 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, War | May 20, 1953

The Desert Rats
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Desert Rats
Directors Richard Maybery, Robert Wise
Writers Richard Murphy

Cast

Richard Burton

as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts

James Mason

as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel

Robert Newton

as Tom Bartlett

Robert Douglas

as General

Torin Thatcher

as Col. Barney White

Chips Rafferty

as Sgt. "Blue" Smith

Charles Tingwell

as Lt. Harry Carstairs

Charles Davis

as Pete

Ben Wright

as Mick

Patrick Aherne

as English Officer (uncredited)

John Alderson

as Corporal (uncredited)

Frank Baker

as British Officer (uncredited)

John Blackburn

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Robert Boon

as German Lieutenant (uncredited)

Frederic Brunn

as German Gunner (uncredited)

Arthur Brunner

as German Radio Man (uncredited)

Paul Busch

as German Orderly (uncredited)

Paul Cavanagh

as Colonel (uncredited)

Frank Chase

as Commando (uncredited)

Tony Christian

as German Sentry (uncredited)

Nicolas Coster

as Medic (uncredited)

Ashley Cowan

as Corporal (uncredited)

Noel Drayton

as Captain (uncredited)

Harold Dyrenforth

as Observer (uncredited)

Charles B. Fitzsimons

as Fire Officer (uncredited)

John Fraser

as Artillery Man (uncredited)

Arno Frey

as Kramm (uncredited)

Ray Harden

as Hugh (uncredited)

Charles Keane

as Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited)

Lester Matthews

as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)

Gavin Muir

as Captain (uncredited)

James O'Hara

as Communications Man (uncredited)

John O'Malley

as Riley (uncredited)

Patrick O'Moore

as Jim (uncredited)

Peter Ortiz

as Wireman (uncredited)

Michael Pate

as Capt. Currie (uncredited)

Richard Peel

as Rusty (uncredited)

Guy Prescott

as Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited)

Jack Raine

as C.I.C. (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

as Gunner (uncredited)

Michael Rennie

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jerry Riggio

as Commando (uncredited)

Per Skavlan

as German Guard (uncredited)

Frederick Stevens

as German Major (uncredited)

Gilchrist Stuart

as Captain (uncredited)

Albert Taylor

as Jensen (uncredited)

John Wengraf

as German Doctor (uncredited)

Alfred Zeisler

as von Helmholtz (uncredited)