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Tobruk (1967)

Tobruk (1967)

Drama History War
Release Date: 1967, February 7
Directors: Arthur Hiller
Countries: United States of America
Production: The Corman Company, Universal Pictures, Gibraltar Productions, Gibraltar Productions
Cast: Curt Lowens, Norman Rossington, Liam Redmond, Leo Gordon, Percy Herbert, Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green, Jack Watson, Robert Wolders, Guy Stockwell, Heidy Hunt

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

enthusiastic world war ii techniscope northern africa