Raid on Rommel

"He took o Rommel...the Sahara...and a unit of untrained me to blow the Desert Fox to Hell."

Feb 12 1971 GP 1h 39m
Drama, War

Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector.

Plot

Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand-picked commandos, but a mix-up leaves him with a medical unit containing a Quaker conscientious objector. Despite all odds they succeed with their mission. On the way they pick up and drug the mistress of an Italian general, blow up the entire fuel supply for the Afrika Korps, and swap philatelic gossip with Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

Written by

Richard M. Bluel

Directed by

Henry Hathaway

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

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