The Desert Rats

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The Desert Rats

1h 28 min

1953

USA

6.7

TV-PG

Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.

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Cast

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Capt. 'Tammy' MacRoberts

James Mason

James Mason

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

Tom Bartlett

Robert Douglas

Robert Douglas

General

Torin Thatcher

Torin Thatcher

Col. Barney White

Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty

Sgt. 'Blue' Smith

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell

Lt. Harry Carstairs

Charles Davis

Pete

Ben Wright

Ben Wright

Mick

Patrick Aherne

Patrick Aherne

English Officer

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