"Their dramatic story can now be told!"

1943

1h 37m

7.2(142 votes)

Adventure

War

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.

Where to Watch

Rent

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

36 members

Acting

Humphrey Bogart

Sgt. Joe Gunn

Acting

Bruce Bennett

Waco Hoyt

Acting

J. Carrol Naish

Giuseppe

Acting

Lloyd Bridges

Fred Clarkson

Acting

Rex Ingram

Sgt. Maj. Tambul

Acting

Richard Aherne

Capt. Jason Halliday

Acting

Dan Duryea

Jimmy Doyle

Acting

Carl Harbord

Marty Williams

Acting

Patrick O'Moore

Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates

Acting

Louis Mercier

Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie'

No Image

Acting

Guy Kingsford

Peter Stegman

No Image

Acting

Kurt Kreuger

Capt. von Schletow

Acting

John Wengraf

Maj. von Falken

Acting

Louis Adlon

Soldier (uncredited)

Acting

Niels Bagge

German Private (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Walter Bonn

Soldier (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Frederic Brunn

German Private (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Leslie Denison

British Soldier (uncredited)

No Image

Writing

Michael Dyne

British Soldier (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Carl Ekberg

Sniper (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Jack Gardner

British Soldier (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Leyland Hodgson

British Officer (uncredited)

Acting

Frank Lackteen

Sheik Ali (uncredited)

Acting

Peter Lawford

British Soldier (uncredited)

Acting

Nelson Leigh

British Soldier (uncredited)

Acting

Anthony Marsh

Soldier (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

John Meredith

Soldier (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

George N. Neise

British Sergeant (uncredited)

Acting

Otto Reichow

German Captain (uncredited)

Acting

Henry Rowland

Captured German Private (uncredited)

Acting

John Royce

Soldier (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Hans Schumm

Sgt. Krause (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Robert R. Stephenson

German Soldier (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Walter Thiele

Sniper (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Frederick Worlock

Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

Acting

Vilmos Gyimes

Sergeant (uncredited)

No Image

Similar Movies

6.6

2008

A Woman in Berlin

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Movie

7.3

2001

Conspiracy

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

Movie

7.1

1970

El Topo

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.

Movie

5.2

1968

Operation Cross Eagles

War - In this thrilling war drama set in Yugoslavia during WWII, a small band of courageous commandoes are sent to kidnap an important German commander in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress. "Operation Cross Eagles" is a story of suspense and intrigue that will have you on the edge of your seat one moment and blast you back the next. - Richard Conte, Rory Calhoun, Aili King

Movie

6.7

1990

Memphis Belle

The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen.

Movie

6.1

2001

Charlotte Gray

This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.

Movie

3.3

2021

Danger! Danger!

It’s 1985 and adventurer, Jonathan Danger, has just crash landed onto an Island 20 miles off the coast of Africa. He’s looking for a temple that may or may not be his ticket to go back in time. Too bad the Soviets got there first. Too bad they want to go back in time to change the events of the Space Race and the Cold War and World War II. Too bad he has a punctured a lung. Too bad he’s been kidnapped by Jungle Jim and his sister Jade Calloway. Too bad he never gives up.

Movie

7.4

1986

When the Wind Blows

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

Movie

7.3

1961

The Guns of Navarone

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

Movie

7.0

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

Movie

7.3

1970

Kelly's Heroes

A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.

Movie

6.0

2007

Redacted

A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.

Movie

6.6

1976

The Eagle Has Landed

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.

Movie

6.6

1976

Midway

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

Movie

7.3

1953

From Here to Eternity

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

Movie

6.9

1969

Battle of Britain

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.

Movie

7.3

2001

As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me

The German soldier Clemens Forel - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes a dramatic escape through bitter cold winters, desolate landscapes, and life threatening ventures from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. 8000 miles and three endless years of uncertainty later, he is finally about to reach his destination... An edge of your seat drama that celebrates the power of the human spirit and the force of will, while inspired and impowered by love.

Movie

5.8

1979

1941

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

Movie

7.8

1952

Forbidden Games

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.

Movie

7.3

1993

Stalingrad

A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.

Movie

Recommended Movies

7.3

1952

The Quiet Man

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

Movie

5.9

2006

Beerfest

During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.

Movie

6.7

2011

The Trip

When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

Movie

7.0

1955

The Desperate Hours

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.

Movie

7.1

1960

Sergeant Rutledge

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Movie

4.2

1943

The Ape Man

A scientist is turned into an ape man.

Movie

6.3

1936

By the Bluest of Seas

Two men shipwrecked on an island in the Caspian Sea are saved by members of a collective farm, where they work on its fishing boats and woo the young woman leading the fishermen.

Movie

6.2

1941

Rage in Heaven

A jealous man frames his wife's suspected lover for murder.

Movie

5.5

1964

A Dream

Poetic treatment of the early life of Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko. A biopic made on the occasion of his 150th anniversary. It dwells on the first part of the Shevchenko's life leading up to the writing of his rebellious poem "A Dream" (A comedy). The film features the first appearance on the silver screen of the iconic Ukrainian actor Ivan Mykolaichuk (as Taras Shevchenko).

Movie

6.5

1949

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

Movie

7.6

2023

Godzilla Minus One

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

Movie

6.4

2020

Wonder Woman 1984

A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy.

Movie

6.9

2013

Pacific Rim

Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Movie

8.1

2024

Dune: Part Two

Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Movie

8.2

2022

Top Gun: Maverick

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

Movie

6.6

2010

The Warrior's Way

A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.

Movie

7.9

1997

Titanic

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

Movie

8.3

1979

Apocalypse Now

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Movie

7.0

2019

Us

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Movie

7.0

2022

The Northman

Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.

Movie