War · Action
Raid on Rommel
He took o Rommel...the Sahara...and a unit of untrained me to blow the Desert Fox to Hell.
Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector.
Top Cast
Richard Burton
Capt. Alex Foster
John Colicos
Sgt. Maj. Allan MacKenzie
Wolfgang Preiss
Gen. Erwin Rommel
Clinton Greyn
Maj. Hugh Tarkington
Danielle De Metz
Vivianne Gagliardo
Karl-Otto Alberty
Schroeder
Christopher Cary
Conscientious Objector
John Orchard
Garth
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Production
Universal PicturesReviews
CinemaSerf
6/1012/28/2025
Is it just me, or is this just a fairly straightforward remake of “Tobruk” (1967)? Instead of Rock we have Richard, Burton, as he sets off deep behind enemy lines in North Africa to destroy a fuel dump that is going to help mobilise a couple of Panzer divisions for Rommel. He is supposed to take a crack team with him, but a mix up sees him saddled with a doctor (Clinton Greyn) and his patients who couldn’t hit a bull on the backside with an bulldozer. Things become even more precarious when they find themselves talking Prussian brown stamps with the Field Marshall himself (Wolfgang Preiss) - but maybe that might allow the observant “Foster” (Burton) to catch a glimpse of some top secret maps? From now on in, I could swear it actually uses some of the same footage from the other movie, espe
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