Sahara

"Their dramatic story can now be told!"

Nov 11 1943 Approved 1h 37m
Action, Drama, War

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

Plot

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.

Written by

John Howard Lawson, Zoltan Korda, James O'Hanlon

Directed by

Zoltan Korda

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Languages

English, Deutsch, Italiano

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 3 nominations total

Scores
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10,378
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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