Raid on Rommel

1971
GP
1h 39m

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5.4/10

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In 1942 Libya, a German-speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk.

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In 1942 Libya, a German-speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk.In 1942 Libya, a German-speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk.In 1942 Libya, a German-speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

2.5K

YOUR RATING

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Vivi
(as Danielle de Metz)

Karl-Otto Alberty

Schroeder
(as Karl Otto Alberty)

Christopher Cary

Conscientious Objector

John Orchard

Garth

Brook Williams

Reilly

Greg Mullavey

Brown

Ben Wright

Admiral

Michael Sevareid

Wembley

Chris Anders

Tank Sergeant

Ron Berkeley

Peter Hellman

Communications Officer
(uncredited)

Erik Holland

Sentry at Checkpoint
(uncredited)

Michael Kriss

Johnson
(uncredited)

Mike Kulcsar

Bit
(uncredited)

Director
- Henry Hathaway
Writer
- Richard M. Bluel
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Trivia
Nearly all the action scenes was footage taken from Tobruk (1967).

Goofs
Captain Foster fires more than the maximum magazine load of 8 shots from his Walther P38 pistol when he kills Captain Schroeder.

Quotes
Maj. Hugh Tarkington: You know Rommel?
Capt. Heinz Schroeder: Yes. He loves the Sahara. We all do. By "we", I mean the professional military.
Maj. Hugh Tarkington: I'm not a military man, captain. War holds no romance for me. The side effects are repulsive.
Capt. Heinz Schroeder: Here there are no side effects. No women, no children, no towns to get in the way, just men, my doctor.

Connections
Edited from Away All Boats (1956)

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5/10

Entertaining Burton desert war adventure that uses footage from a better film

British forces must destroy gun emplacements in Tobruk. Richard Burton once again gives n outstanding performance as Alex Foster who must destroy the German guns. This movie is a mixture of the guns of Naverone and battle of the bulge as you have American tanks m41 walker bulldogs and m48 Patton as German Panzers ( all of which is footage lifted from Tobruk ) similar to the bulge film. You have Burton exactly copying the actions of Peppard to fit the stock footage of Tobruk into the action scenes of this film. However this is what lets the film down as it doesn't use any new footage as far as battle scenes are concerned it is like watching Tobruk again but just with different actors. Still worth a watch as it is exciting and well acted