

Tobruk
1967-02-07 · 107 min · ★ 6.4
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.
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- Directors
- Arthur Hiller
- Production companies
- The Corman Company, Universal Pictures, Gibraltar Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Rock HudsonMajor Donald Craig
George PeppardCaptain Kurt Bergman
Nigel GreenColonel John Harker
Guy StockwellLt. Max Mohnfeld
Jack WatsonSgt. Maj. Jack Tyne
Norman RossingtonAlfie
Percy HerbertDolan
Liam RedmondHenry Portman
Leo GordonSgt. Krug
Robert WoldersCorporal Bruckner
Curt LowensGerman Colonel
Rico Cattani
Peter Coe
Lawrence Montaigne
Robert F. Hoy
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