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Reviews for The Desert Rats

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6.2 / 10 1h 28min

Action Adventure Drama War

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.

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user117yhqurbh1's Movie review

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Review by user117yhqurbh1

Remember once this dump blows your on your own

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Review by user894z22xrgnc

Unusually well done war flick - well worth a look

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Review by user2036krw1ojm

Bad Times for the Anzacs in Tobruk

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Review by user7034mxog4jz

Fighting an impossible war in the desert - and morally winning to begin with.

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Review by user54359dh4mgd

You can all but feel the rocks pounding down as each Nazi shell hits.

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Review by user973bfluwkab

Sort of like "Battleground" but with a Commonwealth cast of heroes instead.

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Review by user68oiuu6uqa

One of the most realistic and best of the fifties war movies with excellent direction by Robert Wise

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Review by user860onf3jiax

Come out of your holes you desert rats!

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Review by user521ru3ik978

"Tommy Guns" factual not entirely true...

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Review by PolarPanda

Excellent look at British and ANZAC troops

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Review by user225yttxx0m3

"This isn't a game for children"