Synopsis
There's plenty of top-notch, explosive action in this 1943 Bogie classic about a ragtag battalion stranded in the great African desert during World War II. After the fall of the Libyan city of Tobruk, Sergeant Joe Gunn (Humphrey Bogart) and his crew - Waco Hoyt (Bruce Bennett), Fred Clarkson (Lloyd Bridges) and Jimmy Doyle (Dan Duryea) retreat in their tank across the Sahara. Along the way they pick up six Allied stragglers and Tambul (Rex Ingram), a Sudanese corporal and his Italian prisoner. Tambul directs the group to a desert fortress, where they hope to find desperately needed water. A detachment of German soldiers arrives and attempts to barter food for water, but Gunn and his followers refuse. When the Germans attack, Gunn leads his desert-weary men in a desperate battle, hoping tha
Product Notes
There's plenty of top-notch, explosive action in this 1943 Bogie classic about a ragtag battalion stranded in the great African desert during World War II. After the fall of the Libyan city of Tobruk, Sergeant Joe Gunn (Humphrey Bogart) and his crew - Waco Hoyt (Bruce Bennett), Fred Clarkson (LloydBridges) and Jimmy Doyle (Dan Duryea) retreat in their tank across the Sahara. Along the way they pick up six Allied stragglers and Tambul (Rex Ingram), a Sudanese corporal and his Italian prisoner. Tambul directs the group to a desert fortress, where they hope to find desperately needed water. A detachment of German soldiers arrives and attempts to barter food for water, but Gunn and his followers refuse. When the Germans attack, Gunn leads his desert-weary men in a desperate battle, hoping that British reinforcements can arrive in time.
Product Reviews
Humphrey Bogart considered this World War II action epic from director Zoltan Korda one of his finest films. Sergeant Joe Gunn (Bogart) is the commander of an American M-3 tank crew allied to the British Eighth Army, which is defeated by the Germans at Tobruk. Joining the scattered retreat across the Libyan desert, Gunn and his two remaining men, Jimmy Doyle (Dan Duryea) and Waco Hoyt (Bruce Bennett) search for water. Instead the tank crew finds an international mix of stragglers, including an officer doctor (Richard Nugent) with several soldiers and a British Sudanese sergeant, Tambul (Rex Ingram), with his Italian prisoner of war (J. Carrol Naish). The rag-tag column shoots down an attacking plane and takes its German pilot (Kurt Kreuger) as a second captive, although a soldier, Fred Clarkson (Lloyd Bridges) is killed in the fighting. After one well turns out to be dry, the troupe finally reaches an abandoned mosque with a well that provides a trickle of water. Two more prisoners are taken while scouting the area and reveal that an entire German battalion is en route to the same well. Gunn misleads them into believing that there is plenty of water to go around, sets them free to report back to their superiors, and then persuades his fellow Allies to help him fight the enemy force that's en route, even though they are staggeringly outnumbered. A betrayal, an escaped prisoner, and bloody skirmishes follow in short order as Hoyt goes in search of help while Gunn and his compatriots attempt to crush the German battalion. Sahara (1943) inspired several subsequent action films, most notably Last of the Comanches (1952), and was remade as a 1995 cable television movie. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
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Sahara (1943) |
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Miscellaneous |
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27 May 2008 |
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Humphrey Bogart(Sgt. Joe Gunn), Bruce Bennett(Waco Hoyt), Lloyd Bridges(Fred Clarkson), Rex Ingram(Sgt. Tambul), J. Carrol Naish(Giuseppe), Dan Duryea(Jimmy Doyle) |
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Zoltan Korda |
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Not Rated |
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DVD |
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989 |
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043396009899 |
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COL000989 |
Technical Information 
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27 May 2008 |
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11 Nov 1943 |
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COLUMBIA/TRISTAR STUDIOS ( CLTS ) |
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98 |
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1: USA, Canada |
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1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard), Black and White |
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English, French, Korean, Spanish, Thai |
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5.1, PCM Mono, English, French |
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Discs:1 ~ Format:Ntsc ~ Region:1 |
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Keep Case |
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Bruce Bennett(Waco Hoyt), Carl Harbord(Marty Williams), Dan Duryea(Jimmy Doyle), Frank Lackteen(Arab Guide), Frederic Worlock(Radio Newscaster), Guy Kingsford(Peter Stegman), Hans Schumm(Sgt. Krause), Humphrey Bogart(Sgt. Joe Gunn), J. Carrol Naish(Giuseppe), John Wengraf(Maj. von Falken), Kurt Kreuger(Capt. von Schletow), Lloyd Bridges(Fred Clarkson), Louis Mercier(Jean Leroux), Pat O'Moore(Ozzie Bates), Peter Lawford(Bit Part), Rex Ingram(Sgt. Tambul), Richard Nugent(Capt. Jason Halliday) |
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Art Director:Eug ne Louri, Art Director:Lionel Banks, Cinematographer:Rudolph Mat, Composer (Music Score):Miklos Rozsa, Director:Zoltan Korda, Producer:Harry Joe Brown, Screenwriter:James O'Hanlon, Screenwriter:John Howard Lawson, Screenwriter:Zoltan Korda |
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