The Desert Rats
1953 · directed by Robert Wise
- Rating
- 79/100
- Hit
- no
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 (1953), directed by Robert Wise, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Richard Burton
- James Mason
- Robert Newton
- Robert Douglas
- Torin Thatcher
- Chips Rafferty
- Charles Tingwell
- Charles Davis
- Ben Wright
- Patrick Aherne
Crew
- Lucien Ballard — Director of Photography
- Barbara McLean — Editor
- Leigh Harline — Original Music Composer
- Richard Murphy — Writer
More from Robert Wise
- West Side Story (1961) — 96/100 · hit
- The Sound of Music (1965) — 84/100 · hit
- Executive Suite (1954) — 83/100 · hit
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) — 81/100 · hit
- I Want to Live! (1958) — 81/100 · hit
- The Set-Up (1949) — 79/100
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