Sahara

Sahara

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1943•1h 37m•7.2/10

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7.2/10(152)

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

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Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Sgt. Joe Gunn

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Waco Hoyt

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

Giuseppe

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

Fred Clarkson

Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram

Sgt. Maj. Tambul

Richard Aherne

Richard Aherne

Capt. Jason Halliday

Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea

Jimmy Doyle

Carl Harbord

Carl Harbord

Marty Williams

Patrick O'Moore

Patrick O'Moore

Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates

Louis Mercier

Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie'

Guy Kingsford

Peter Stegman

Kurt Kreuger

Kurt Kreuger

Capt. von Schletow

John Wengraf

John Wengraf

Maj. von Falken

Louis Adlon

Louis Adlon

Soldier (uncredited)

Niels Bagge

German Private (uncredited)

Walter Bonn

Soldier (uncredited)

Frederic Brunn

German Private (uncredited)

Leslie Denison

British Soldier (uncredited)

Michael Dyne

British Soldier (uncredited)

Carl Ekberg

Sniper (uncredited)

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