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Sahara

Sahara

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19437.21h 37m

Overview

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.

Directed by Zoltan Korda
Written by Zoltan Korda, John Howard Lawson, James O'Hanlon
Produced by Harry Joe Brown
Box Office0Revenue: $2.3M

Top 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

L

Louis Mercier

Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie'

Themes & Keywords

libyaworld war iitanksergeantdesertdesert warfare1940s

About Sahara

Sahara is a adventure, war film released in 1943 exploring themes of libya, world war ii, tank, sergeant, desert, desert warfare. Directed by Zoltan Korda, it stars Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish. 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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