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Raid on Rommel poster

Raid on Rommel

"He took o Rommel...the Sahara...and a unit of untrained me to blow the Desert Fox to Hell."

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PG 1971 · 1h 39m
Action, War
Starring Richard Burton · John Colicos · Wolfgang Preiss
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Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector.

Theatrical
Feb 12, 1971
DVD / Blu-ray
May 20, 1998
Director
Henry Hathaway
Writer
Richard M. Bluel
Producer
Harry Tatelman
Music
Hal Mooney
Studio
Universal Pictures
Keywords
world war ii commando desert libyan desert rommel north africa afrika korps
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R
Richard Burton
Capt. Alex Foster
J
John Colicos
Sgt. Maj. Allan MacKenzie
W
Wolfgang Preiss
Gen. Erwin Rommel
C
Clinton Greyn
Maj. Hugh Tarkington
D
Danielle De Metz
Vivianne Gagliardo
K
Karl-Otto Alberty
Schroeder
C
Christopher Cary
Conscientious Objector
J
John Orchard
Garth
B
Brook Williams
Reilly
G
Greg Mullavey
Brown
B
Ben Wright
Admiral
C
Chris Anders
Tank Sergeant
J
James O'Hara
Lt. Executive Officer (uncredited)
P
Patrick Whyte
Flag Captain (uncredited)
R
Robert Wolders
German Pilot (uncredited)
E
Erik Holland
Sentry at Checkpoint (uncredited)

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