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The Desert Rats

1953·1h 28m·Approved
DramaAdventureWarAction
IMDb Rating
★ 6.7/10
5,700 votes

Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.

The Desert Rats is a 1953 drama adventure movie directed by Robert Wise, starring Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Douglas. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.7/10 from 5,700 votes and runs 1h 28m.

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Director
Robert Wise
Stars
Richard Burton
James Mason
Robert Douglas
Robert Newton
Creators
Richard Murphy
Details
1953-05-20
88 min
Movie
Approved
★ United States
★ English, German
Keywords
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