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Rock Hudson | Major Donald Craig |
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George Peppard | Captain Kurt Bergman |
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Nigel Green | Colonel John Harker |
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Guy Stockwell | Lt. Max Mohnfeld |
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Jack Watson | Sgt. Maj. Jack Tyne |
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Norman Rossington | Alfie |
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Percy Herbert | Dolan |
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Liam Redmond | Henry Portman |
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Heidy Hunt | Cheryl Portman |
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Leo Gordon | Sgt. Krug |
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Robert Wolders | Corporal Bruckner |
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Arthur Hiller | Director |
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Leo Gordon | Writer |
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Robert C. Jones | Editing |
In September 1942, with the troops of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel 90 miles (144 km) from the Suez Canal, the staff of the British Eighth Army approve a plan to destroy the German fuel bunkers at Tobruk.The original author of the plan, Major Donald Craig (Rock Hudson) has been captured by Vichy French forces and is interned at the port of Algiers. Craig is a Canadian expert on desert topography, desert exploration, and has extensive practical knowledge of the Sahara, so he is considered essential to the success of the planned raid on Tobruk.
