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Tobruk

Name: Tobruk
Director: Arthur Hiller
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1967-02-07
Cast: Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green, Guy Stockwell, Jack Watson

DramaHistoryWar

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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Cast

Rock HudsonGeorge PeppardNigel GreenGuy StockwellJack WatsonNorman RossingtonPercy HerbertLiam RedmondHeidy HuntLeo GordonRobert WoldersCurt Lowens

Director

Arthur Hiller

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