Die Wüstenratten (1953)
Rommel hat die Briten auf seinem Eroberungszug nach Ägypten zum Rückzug gezwungen. Alles, was jetzt noch zwischen ihm und dem Suezkanal steht, ist die Festung von Tobruk. Die ist nur mit einem kleinen australischen Batallion bemannt und steht unter dem Kommando von Captain MacRoberts. Rommel glaubt an einen leichten Sieg, doch er hat nicht mit dem eisernen Überlebenswillen seines Feindes gerechnet...
Der Regisseur: Robert Wise
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Richard Burton as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts |
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James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel |
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Robert Newton as Tom Bartlett |
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Robert Douglas as General |
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Torin Thatcher as Col. Barney White |
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Chips Rafferty as Sgt. "Blue" Smith |
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Charles Tingwell as Lt. Harry Carstairs |
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Charles Davis as Pete |
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Ben Wright as Mick |
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Patrick Aherne as English Officer (uncredited) |
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John Alderson as Corporal (uncredited) |
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Frank Baker as British Officer (uncredited) |
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John Blackburn as Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Robert Boon as German Lieutenant (uncredited) |
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Frederic Brunn as German Gunner (uncredited) |
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Arthur Brunner as German Radio Man (uncredited) |
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Paul Busch as German Orderly (uncredited) |
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Paul Cavanagh as Colonel (uncredited) |
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Frank Chase as Commando (uncredited) |
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Tony Christian as German Sentry (uncredited) |
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Nicolas Coster as Medic (uncredited) |
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Noel Drayton as Captain (uncredited) |
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Harold Dyrenforth as Observer (uncredited) |
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Charles B. Fitzsimons as Fire Officer (uncredited) |
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John Fraser as Artillery Man (uncredited) |
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Arno Frey as Kramm (uncredited) |
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Ray Harden as Hugh (uncredited) |
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Charles Keane as Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited) |
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Lester Matthews as Foreign Secretary (uncredited) |
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Gavin Muir as Captain (uncredited) |
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James O'Hara as Communications Man (uncredited) |
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John O'Malley as Riley (uncredited) |
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Patrick O'Moore as Jim (uncredited) |
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Peter Ortiz as Wireman (uncredited) |
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Michael Pate as Capt. Currie (uncredited) |
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Richard Peel as Rusty (uncredited) |
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Guy Prescott as Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited) |
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Jack Raine as C.I.C. (uncredited) |
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Otto Reichow as Gunner (uncredited) |
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Michael Rennie as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Jerry Riggio as Commando (uncredited) |
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Per Skavlan as German Guard (uncredited) |
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Frederick Stevens as German Major (uncredited) |
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Gilchrist Stuart as Captain (uncredited) |
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Albert Taylor as Jensen (uncredited) |
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John Wengraf as German Doctor (uncredited) |
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Alfred Zeisler as von Helmholtz (uncredited) |
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Ashley Cowan as |
| Writing | Richard Murphy | Writer |
| Directing | Robert Wise | Director |
| Camera | Lucien Ballard | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alfred Bruzlin | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Richard Maybery | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Ray Kellogg | Special Effects |
| Sound | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Fritz Ford | Stunts |
| Art | Addison Hehr | Art Direction |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Production | Robert L. Jacks | Producer |
| Art | Fred J. Rode | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Barbara McLean | Editor |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Music Director |
| Sound | Edward B. Powell | Orchestrator |