Raid on Rommel

• Director: Henry Hathaway
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• Genre: War
• Movie Type: Combat Films
• Themes: Heroic Mission
• Main Cast: Richard Burton
• Release Year: 1971
• Country: US
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

The British fleet is enroute to North Africa to engage the Germans, and the best port for them to use is Tobruk. There, they have problems: Germans occupy Tobruk, and have fortified it with devastating heavy artillery which would prevent a British landing. The original scheme for sabotaging the guns, by using British commandos planted behind the lines as prisoners of war, has gone awry. Posing as a Nazi officer, the man who was to lead the attack (Richard Burton) arrives at the rendezvous point, but all he finds are genuine prisoners of war, all of them sick, accompanied by their medics who are pacifists. A great many British lives hang in the balance, and a failure here could affect the outcome of the entire Second World War. Somehow, he must make use of these unlikely recruits to carry out the raid. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Cast

Christopher Cary - Conscientious Objector; John Colicos - MacKenzie; Danielle de Metz - Vivi; Clinton Greyn - Maj. Tarkington; Greg Mullavey - Pvt. Peter Brown; John Orchard - Garth; Wolfgang Preiss - Rommel; Brook Williams - Sgt. Joe Reilly; Ben Wright - Admiral; Richard Burton - Foster; Karl Otto Alberty - Schroeder; Chris Anders - Tank Sergeant

Credit

Henry Bumstead - Art Director, Alexander Golitzen - Art Director, Jim Fargo - First Assistant Director, Henry Hathaway - Director, Gene Palmer - Editor, Hal Mooney - Composer (Music Score), Earl Rath - Cinematographer, Harry Tatelman - Producer, Robert Bradfield - Set Designer, Albert J. Whitlock - Special Effects, Richard Bluel - Screenwriter

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