The Desert Rats
The Desert Rats
Release: 1953-03-26
·Runtime: 88m
·★ 6.3
War
Action
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Richard Burton
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
Chips Rafferty
as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Charles Davis
as Pete
Frank Baker
as British Officer (uncredited)
John Alderson
as Corporal (uncredited)
John Fraser
as Artillery Man (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
as Col. Barney White
Ben Wright
as Mick
Alfred Zeisler
as von Helmholtz (uncredited)
Charles Tingwell
as Lt. Harry Carstairs
Lester Matthews
as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
Gavin Muir
as Captain (uncredited)
Jack Raine
as C.I.C. (uncredited)
John Wengraf
as German Doctor (uncredited)
Robert Douglas
as General
Paul Cavanagh
as Colonel (uncredited)
Frank Chase
as Commando (uncredited)
Michael Pate
as Capt. Currie (uncredited)
Robert Newton
as Tom Bartlett
James O'Hara
as Communications Man (uncredited)
Patrick Aherne
as English Officer (uncredited)
Noel Drayton
as Captain (uncredited)
Charles B. Fitzsimons
as Fire Officer (uncredited)
Guy Prescott
as Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
as Gunner (uncredited)
James Mason
as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
Nicolas Coster
as Medic (uncredited)
Patrick O'Moore
as Jim (uncredited)
