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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 that British reinforcements can arrive in time.
Original Release
09/22/1943
US Release
11/11/1943
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Humphrey Bogart | Sgt. Joe Gunn / Sergeant Joe Gunn |
Bruce Bennett | Waco Hoyt / "Waco" Hoyt |
J. Carrol Naish | Giuseppe |
Lloyd Bridges | Fred Clarkson |
Rex Ingram | Sgt. Major Tambul / Sgt. Maj. Tambul |
Richard Aherne | Capt. Jason Halliday / Halliday |
Dan Duryea | Jimmy Doyle |
Carl Harbord | Marty Williams / Williams |
Patrick O'Moore | Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates / Bates |
Louis Mercier | Frenchie / Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie' |
Directors
Writers
Zoltan Korda, John Howard Lawson, James O'Hanlon, Philip MacDonald, Sidney Buchman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Humphrey Bogart | Sgt. Joe Gunn / Sergeant Joe Gunn |
Bruce Bennett | Waco Hoyt / "Waco" Hoyt |
J. Carrol Naish | Giuseppe |
Lloyd Bridges | Fred Clarkson |
Rex Ingram | Sgt. Major Tambul / Sgt. Maj. Tambul |
Richard Aherne | Capt. Jason Halliday / Halliday |
Dan Duryea | Jimmy Doyle |
Carl Harbord | Marty Williams / Williams |
Patrick O'Moore | Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates / Bates |
Louis Mercier | Frenchie / Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie' |
Guy Kingsford | Peter Stegman / Stegman |
Kurt Kreuger | Capt. von Schletow / Captain von Schletow |
John Wengraf | Maj. Von Falken / Major von Falken |
Louis Adlon | Soldier |
Niels Bagge | German Private |
Walter Bonn | Soldier |
Frederic Brunn | German Private |
Leslie Denison | British Soldier |
Michael Dyne | British Soldier |
Carl Ekberg | Sniper |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Harry Joe Brown | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1944 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |