After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.
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- Nominated for 3 Oscars.
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Cast verified as complete
| Humphrey Bogart | ... |
Sgt. Joe Gunn
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| Bruce Bennett | ... |
Waco Hoyt
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| J. Carrol Naish | ... |
Giuseppe
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| Lloyd Bridges | ... |
Fred Clarkson
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| Rex Ingram | ... |
Sgt. Maj. Tambul
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Richard Aherne | ... |
Capt. Jason Halliday
(as Richard Nugent)
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| Dan Duryea | ... |
Jimmy Doyle
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Carl Harbord | ... |
Marty Williams
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| Patrick O'Moore | ... |
Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates
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| Louis Mercier | ... |
Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie'
(as Louis T. Mercier)
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Guy Kingsford | ... |
Peter Stegman
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| Kurt Kreuger | ... |
Capt. von Schletow
(as Kurt Krueger)
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| John Wengraf | ... |
Maj. Von Falken
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| Louis Adlon | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Niels Bagge | ... |
German Private (uncredited)
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Walter Bonn | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Frederic Brunn | ... |
German Private (uncredited)
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| Leslie Denison | ... |
British Soldier (uncredited)
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Michael Dyne | ... |
British Soldier (uncredited)
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Carl Ekberg | ... |
Sniper (uncredited)
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Jack Gardner | ... |
British Soldier (uncredited)
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Vilmos Gyimes | ... |
Sergeant (uncredited)
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| Leyland Hodgson | ... |
British Officer (uncredited)
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| Frank Lackteen | ... |
Sheik Ali (uncredited)
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| Peter Lawford | ... |
British Soldier (uncredited)
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| Nelson Leigh | ... |
British Soldier (uncredited)
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| Anthony Marsh | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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John Meredith | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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| George N. Neise | ... |
British Sergeant (uncredited)
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| Otto Reichow | ... |
German Captain (uncredited)
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| Henry Rowland | ... |
Captured German Private (uncredited)
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John Royce | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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| Hans Schumm | ... |
Sgt. Krause (uncredited)
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| Robert R. Stephenson | ... |
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Walter Thiele | ... |
Sniper (uncredited)
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| Frederick Worlock | ... |
Radio Newscaster (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Zoltan Korda | ||
Written by
| John Howard Lawson | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Zoltan Korda | ... | (screenplay) |
| James O'Hanlon | ... | (adaptation) |
| Philip MacDonald | ... | (story: based on an incident in the Soviet photoplay, "THE THIRTEEN") (as Philip Macdonald) |
| Sidney Buchman | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Harry Joe Brown | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Miklós Rózsa | ... | (musical score) (as Miklos Rozsa) |
Cinematography by
| Rudolph Maté | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Charles Nelson | ||
Art Direction by
| Lionel Banks | ||
Set Decoration by
| William Kiernan | ... | (set decorations) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Abby Berlin | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Eugène Lourié | ... | associate art director (as Eugene Lourie) |
Sound Department
| Lodge Cunningham | ... | sound engineer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Homer Plannette | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
| Ned Scott | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Morris Stoloff | ... | musical director (as M.W. Stoloff) |
| Eugene Zador | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Howard Vernon | ... | voice dubbing: Kurt Kreuger (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia Pictures (1943) (United States) (theatrical) (as Columbia Pictures Corporation)
- Columbia Pictures of Canada (1943) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures of Canada (1949) (Canada) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (1944) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Proprietary (1944) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Columbia Films S. A. (1944) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures of Argentina (1944) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures de Cuba (1944) (Cuba) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures of Panama (1944) (Panama) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures do Brasil (1944) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures (1949) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Screen Gems (1956) (United States) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1972) (Finland) (tv)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1984) (United States) (VHS)
- RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (1986) (Australia) (VHS)
- Videosonic (1989) (Greece) (VHS)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1993) (United States) (VHS)
- Columbia Tristar Television Distribution (1993) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Columbia Tristar Television Distribution (1996) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Nordisk Film Home Entertainment (1996) (Finland) (VHS)
- Columbia Pictures Home Video (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- GoodTimes Home Video (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Columbia Pictures Home Video (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Egmont Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Television (2002) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Sony Pictures Television International (2005) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Sidonis (2018) (France) (Blu-ray)
- Sidonis (2018) (France) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2020) (Australia) (DVD)
- Tubi TV (United States) (video) (VOD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- IV Armored Corps of the Army Ground Forces, United States Army (. . . a film dedicated to, whose cooperation made it possible to tell this story)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- U.S. Army (special thanks)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Sergeant Joe Gunn and his tank crew pick up five British soldiers, a Frenchman and a Sudanese man with an Italian prisoner crossing the Libyan Desert to rejoin their command after the fall of Tobruk. They and the Germans are greatly in need of water.
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| Taglines | THE STAR OF "CASABLANCA" IN THE WAR'S MIGHTIEST ADVENTURE DRAMA! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Midway Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - April 20, 1945 - all caps)) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Kurt Kreuger said that in the scene where he tried to escape back to his lines with the Sudanese sergeant (Rex Ingram) in pursuit, Ingram caught him and pressed his face into the sand to kill him, Kreuger almost passed out due to lack of air. See more » |
| Goofs | All of the German vehicles are emblazoned with Nazi Party swastikas rather than the Balkenkreuz, the straight-armed cross that was the emblem of the Wehrmacht used on their vehicles during WWII. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Oh! Susanna See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Opening credits prologue: In June, 1942, a small detachment of American tanks with American crews, joined the British Eighth Army in North Africa to get experience in desert warfare under actual battle conditions. History has proved that they learned their lesson well - - See more » |
| Quotes |
Giuseppe:
Mussolini is not so clever like Hitler, he can dress his Italians up only to look like thieves, cheats, murderers, he cannot like Hitler, make them feel like that. He cannot, like Hitler, scrape from the conscience the knowledge that right is right and wrong is wrong, or dig holes in their heads to plant his own ten commandments: steal from thy neighbor, cheat thy neighbor, kill thy neighbor. Capt. von Schletow: You dare to insult the Führer? Giuseppe: That would take an artiste - I am but a mechanic. See more » |