Planning a movie night with 'The Desert Rats' at home? Here are platforms and services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, all in one place. 'The Desert Rats' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on YouTube, Apple TV Store, Prime Video, Google Play Movies in the US.
Here are a few more things worth knowing about the 20th Century Fox action flick. The Desert Rats starring Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas has a NR rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min. The release date of the movie is May 20th, 1953. The movie received a user score of 63/100 on TMDb, which is based on reviews from 97 active users.
Wondering what this story is all about? Here's the plot: "In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces."
