Tobruk

Oct 30 1967 Approved 1h 47m
Drama, War

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.

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Plot

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.

Written by

Leo Gordon

Directed by

Arthur Hiller

Cast

Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Gibraltar Productions, Universal Pictures, The Corman Company

Languages

Italiano, English, Deutsch

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total

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