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The Desert Rats

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.

Director

Robert Wise

Year

Genre

action, adventure, drama

Box Office

N/A

Production

20th Century Fox

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Capt. 'Tammy' MacRoberts

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Tom Bartlett

General

Col. Barney White

Sgt. 'Blue' Smith

Lt. Harry Carstairs

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell

Pete

Mick

English Officer

Corporal

British Officer

Sergeant

German Lieutenant

German Gunner

German Radio Man

German Orderly

Colonel

Commando

German Sentry

Ginger

Trevor Constable

Medic

Corporal

Aussie

Captain

Observer

Harold Dyrenforth

Fire Officer

Charles B. Fitzsimons

Artillery Man

Kramm

Hugh

Sgt Donaldson

Foreign Secretary

Lester Matthews

British Communications Man

Captain

Communications Man

Riley

Jim

Patrick O'Moore

Wireman

Capt. Currie

Rusty

Maj. O'Rourke

C.I.C.

Gunner

Narrator

Commando

German Guard

German Major

Frederick Stevens

Captain

Gilchrist Stuart

Jensen

German Doctor

von Helmholtz

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Tom Bartlett Field Marshal Erwin Von Rommel Capt. 'tammy' Macroberts Capt. 'tammy' Macroberts Narrator General Col. Barney White German Major

Cut off in the fortress town of Tobruk - The Desert Rats

Cut off in the fortress town of Tobruk

How did you get into this I suppose the way I get into everything - The Desert Rats

How did you get into this I suppose the way I get into...

Cover us - The Desert Rats

Never mind thinking You're a footslogger - The Desert Rats

Never mind thinking You're a footslogger

How's your hand Burning like brimstone But how are you - The Desert Rats

How's your hand Burning like brimstone But how are you

But he's just a boy We've no use for boys here - The Desert Rats

But he's just a boy We've no use for boys here

That's a pretty cold estimate Tammy Perhaps it is but it's the truth - The Desert Rats

That's a pretty cold estimate Tammy Perhaps it is but...

You don't know much about real fear Tammy - The Desert Rats

You don't know much about real fear Tammy

If your men are as cocksure as you are they might get through - The Desert Rats

If your men are as cocksure as you are they might get...

But all wars come to an end sometime This one will too - The Desert Rats

But all wars come to an end sometime This one will too

You have the advantage of me - The Desert Rats

You have the advantage of me

But he is Australian and you are English no - The Desert Rats

But he is Australian and you are English no

I respect your pride in this little rat hole you call Tobruk - The Desert Rats

I respect your pride in this little rat hole you call Tobruk

This is what keeps you in those flea ridden caves - The Desert Rats

This is what keeps you in those flea ridden caves

What about Harry I mean the captain sir - The Desert Rats

What about Harry I mean the captain sir

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Robert Wise

Writer: Richard Murphy

Production: 20th Century Fox

Genre: action, adventure, drama

Year: 1953

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 20 May 1953

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total

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