Directed by:
Arthur HillerScreenplay:
Leo GordonCinematography:
Russell HarlanComposer:
Bronislau KaperCast:
Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green, Guy Stockwell, Percy Herbert, Leo Gordon, Robert Wolders, Peter Coe, Joseph Sargent, Bob Hoy, Jack Watson (more)Plots(1)
September 1942 - With Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps on the march through Egypt, a British special forces unit, composed of German Jews who serve with the British despite the mutual resentment between both, kidnap a Canadian officer who is an expert topographer and who is held prisoner by the Vichy French in Algeria. The officer, Donald Craig, must negotiate a company of British and German-Jewish commandos through 800 miles of the Sahara to aide a pending amphibious landing against Tobruk's massive fuel storage base - a mission that sees one impediment after another, and which discovers an undetected German armored force ready to win the battle of Egypt. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
![Rock Hudson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/457/164457242_655f84.png)
Rock Hudson
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
Winchester '73 (1950)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
![George Peppard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/031/567/31567842_3fe0e9.jpg)
George Peppard
USA
Best movies:
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Home from the Hill (1960)
The Blue Max (1966)
![Nigel Green](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/537/162537257_7da003.jpg)
Nigel Green
South Africa
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
![Guy Stockwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765239_bb9635.jpg)
Guy Stockwell
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Holy Blood (1989)
![Percy Herbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/429/158429154_ea4a28.gif)
Percy Herbert
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Becket (1964)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
![Leo Gordon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000179_23b2e3.jpg)
Leo Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Dictator's Guns (1965)
![Robert Wolders](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/545/160545390_a5e62a.jpg)
Robert Wolders
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Beau Geste (1966)
Tobruk (1967)
![Peter Coe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247452_1ad141.jpg)
Peter Coe
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Rocky Mountain (1950)
Shotgun (1955)
Joseph Sargent
USA
Best movies:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Al Capone (1959)
Tobruk (1967)
![Bob Hoy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/595/159595277_029628.jpg)
Bob Hoy
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989)
North and South (1985) (series)
![Jack Watson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/430/160430092_c1f70f.gif)
Jack Watson
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Grand Prix (1966)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
![Lawrence Montaigne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/524/161524276_244dea.gif)
Lawrence Montaigne
USA
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Framed (1975)
![Norman Rossington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527039_508fb1.jpg)
Norman Rossington
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
![Curt Lowens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/745/161745095_008b3a.jpg)
Curt Lowens
German Empire
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
V (1983) (TV movie)
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
Liam Redmond
Ireland
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
The 25th Hour (1967)
Lee Faulkner
Best movies:
Tobruk (1967)
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Rico Cattani
Italy
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
Torn Curtain (1966)
Barry Ford
USA
Best movies:
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Fury of the Dragon (1976) - a.f.
Dead of Night (1945)
Fritz Ford
USA
Best movies:
Sabrina (1954)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
The Big Heat (1953)