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Raid on Rommel

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Raid on Rommel

He took o Rommel...the Sahara...and a unit of untrained me to blow the Desert Fox to Hell.

5.8

1h 39m

1971

“He took o Rommel...the Sahara...and a unit of untrained me to blow the Desert Fox to Hell.”

Synopsis

Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector.

Director

Henry Hathaway

WarAction

world war iicommandodesertlibyan desertrommelnorth africaafrika korpstechniscope

Cast & Crew

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

as Capt. Alex Foster

John Colicos

John Colicos

as Sgt. Maj. Allan MacKenzie

Wolfgang Preiss

Wolfgang Preiss

as Gen. Erwin Rommel

Clinton Greyn

Clinton Greyn

as Maj. Hugh Tarkington

Danielle De Metz

Danielle De Metz

as Vivianne Gagliardo

Karl-Otto Alberty

as Schroeder

Christopher Cary

Christopher Cary

as Conscientious Objector

John Orchard

John Orchard

as Garth

Brook Williams

Brook Williams

as Reilly

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