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During WWII, inexperienced Captain Douglas leads a platoon of ex-convicts into the North African desert to destroy a German fuel dump. Their tough mission is made twice as difficult by in-fighting and subterfuge.

Keywords:

Drama, War, Historical, History, World War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, World War 2

Additional Information:

(1969) (UK) (3 Star)

Cast:

Michael Caine	.... Capt. Douglas
Nigel Davenport	.... Capt. Cyril Leech
Nigel Green	.... Col. Masters
Harry Andrews	.... Brig. Blore
Patrick Jordan	.... Maj. Alan Watkins
Daniel Pilon	.... Capt. Allwood

Supporting Cast:

Martin Burland	.... Dead Officer
George McKeenan	.... Corporal at Quayside
Bridget Espeet	.... Ann
Bernard Archard	.... Col. Homerton
Aly Ben Ayed	.... Sadok
Enrique Ávila	.... Kalarides
Mohsen Ben Abdallah	.... Hassan
Mohamed Kouka	.... Assine
Takis Emmanuel	.... Kostos Manov

Directors:

André De Toth

Writers:

Melvyn Bragg
Lotte Colin