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Sahara is a american film of genre Drama directed by Zoltan Korda released in USA on 11 november 1943 with Humphrey Bogart

Sahara (1943)

Sahara
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Released in USA 11 november 1943
Length 1h37
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Action,    Adventure
Rating74% 3.7469353.7469353.7469353.7469353.746935

For other films with the same name, see Sahara.

Sahara is a 1943 drama war film directed by Zoltán Korda. Humphrey Bogart stars as a U.S. tank commander in Libya during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The story is credited to an incident depicted in the 1936 Soviet film The Thirteen (Russian: Тринадцать) by Mikhail Romm. Later, Sahara was remade by André de Toth as a Western with Broderick Crawford called Last of the Comanches (1953) and by Brian Trenchard-Smith as the Australian film Sahara (1995).

In Sahara events are depicted which point to the Battle of Gazala, an important battle of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II, fought around the port of Tobruk in Libya. Bogart makes reference to events that occurred in May–June 1942. The battle had begun with the British stronger in terms of numbers and quality of equipment, and had received many of the M3 tanks, which was the tank used in the film. A small group of American advisors and crews had come to train them in use of the equipment.

The British forces were routed, and as shown in Sahara, many tanks which were only damaged, were unable to be salvaged because of the 8th Army's retreat. The British lost virtually all their tanks, although a number of damaged tanks could be evacuated. General Rommel pursued the British into Egypt, trying to keep his opponent under pressure and denying him the opportunity to regroup. As both sides neared exhaustion, the British were able to check Rommel's advance at the First battle of El Alamein, which is where the radio report calls Bogart and tank crew to rally in the film.

Synopsis

The crew of an M3 Lee tank, attached to the British Eighth Army, commanded by U.S. Army Master Sergeant Joe Gunn (Humphrey Bogart), and nicknamed Lulu Belle, become separated from their unit during a general retreat from German forces after the fall of Tobruk. Heading south across the Libyan desert to rejoin their command, they come across a bombed-out field hospital, where they pick up a motley collection of stragglers, among them British doctor Captain Halliday (Richard Nugent), four Commonwealth soldiers, and Free French Corporal Leroux (Louis Mercier). Halliday, the only officer, cedes command to Gunn.

Actors

Humphrey Bogart

(Sgt. Joe Gunn)Bruce Bennett

(Waco Hoyt)Frederick Worlock

(Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited))Lloyd Bridges

(Fred Clarkson)J. Carrol Naish

(Giuseppe)
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Dan Duryea
Rex Ingram
Carl Harbord
Kurt Kreuger
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