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The Desert Rats (1953) USA / 88 min
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Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / War /  more »
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win  more »
User Ratings: 6.8 (1,103 votes)  more »
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Summary: 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.  more »
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Filmmakers: Robert Wise - Director, Richard Murphy - Writer, Robert L. Jacks - Producer, Lucien Ballard - Cinematographer, Leigh Harline - Composer, Barbara McLean - Editor  more »
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 Richard Burton ... Capt. 'Tammy' MacRoberts 2,378 

 James Mason ... Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel 2,033 
Robert Newton ... Tom Bartlett 13,169 
Robert Douglas ... General 34,124 
Torin Thatcher ... Colonel Barney White 27,138 
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