Tobruk

• 6.1 Drama
• 1967-02-07
• 107 minutes mins

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.

Starring:

Rock Hudson (Major Donald Craig) George Peppard (Captain Kurt Bergman) Nigel Green (Colonel John Harker) Guy Stockwell (Lt. Max Mohnfeld) Jack Watson (Sgt. Maj. Jack Tyne) Norman Rossington (Alfie) Percy Herbert (Dolan) Liam Redmond (Henry Portman) Heidy Hunt (Cheryl Portman) Leo Gordon (Sgt. Krug)

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writer:

Leo Gordon