Tobruk

  • Drama
  • History
  • War
2/7/1967
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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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  • Geronimo1967

    Now there are a few curious casting choices here that do bamboozle a bit, but once it gets going it is quite a decent wartime adventure. Rock Hudson is the Canadian Craig who finds himself in North Africa implementing a plan he had thought had been kiboshed by the upper echelons of the British army. Namely, he is to assist Col. Harker (Nigel Green) in crossing eight hundred miles of unforgiving Sahara and nobbling Field Marshal Rommels fuel supplies - before his Afrika Korps can advance on Egypt. The two dont exactly see eye-to-eye, and those problems are exacerbated by the presence of squadron of German Jews working for the Allies and led by Bergman (George Peppard). Theres not an whole lot of trust around anywhere, here, but off they set ...

    May 18, 2025

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