The Desert Rats [36554]
Released: 1953-05-20
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: $0
Runtime: 88 mins
Popularity: 0.7586
Vote Average: 6.3
Vote Count: 91
Overview: In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.

Cast [48]
Richard Burton
Captain "Tammy" MacR
James Mason
Field Marshal Erwin
Robert Newton
Tom Bartlett
Robert Douglas
General
Torin Thatcher
Col. Barney White
Chips Rafferty
Sgt. "Blue" Smith
Charles Tingwell
Lt. Harry Carstairs
Charles Davis
Pete
Ben Wright
Mick
Patrick Aherne
English Officer
John Alderson
Corporal
Frank Baker
British Officer
John Blackburn
Sergeant
Robert Boon
German Lieutenant
Frederic Brunn
German Gunner
Arthur Brunner
German Radio Man
Paul Busch
German Orderly
Paul Cavanagh
Colonel
Frank Chase
Commando
Tony Christian
German Sentry
Nicolas Coster
Medic
Noel Drayton
Captain
Harold Dyrenforth
Observer
Charles B. Fitzsimons
Fire Officer
John Fraser
Artillery Man
Arno Frey
Kramm
Ray Harden
Hugh
Charles Keane
Sgt. Donaldson
Lester Matthews
Foreign Secretary
Gavin Muir
Captain
James O'Hara
Communications Man
John O'Malley
Riley
Patrick O'Moore
Jim
Peter Ortiz
Wireman
Michael Pate
Capt. Currie
Richard Peel
Rusty
Guy Prescott
Maj. O'Rourke
Jack Raine
C.I.C.
Otto Reichow
Gunner
Michael Rennie
Narrator
Jerry Riggio
Commando
Per Skavlan
German Guard
Frederick Stevens
German Major
Gilchrist Stuart
Captain
Albert Taylor
Jensen
John Wengraf
German Doctor
Alfred Zeisler
von Helmholtz
Ashley Cowan

Trailers
  1. THE DESERT RATS(1953) Original Theatrical Trailer