The Desert Rats Poster

The Desert Rats

They crawled their way across the blazing sands of Africa... to turn disaster into victory!

NR War Action

Starring: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher

Writer: Richard Murphy

Release Date:
March 26, 1953
Ratings:
6.3 / 10
Director:
Robert Wise
Companies:
20th Century Fox

Overview

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.