Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector.
- world war ii
- commando
- desert
- libyan desert
- rommel
- north africa
- afrika korps
- techniscope
The bill
Richard Burton
Capt. Alex Foster
John Colicos
Sgt. Maj. Allan MacKenzie
Wolfgang Preiss
Gen. Erwin Rommel
Clinton Greyn
Maj. Hugh Tarkington
- Danielle De Metz — Vivianne Gagliardo
- Karl-Otto Alberty — Schroeder
- Christopher Cary — Conscientious Objector
- John Orchard — Garth
- Brook Williams — Reilly
- Greg Mullavey — Brown
- Ben Wright — Admiral
- Michael Sevareid — Wembley
- Chris Anders — Tank Sergeant
- James O'Hara — Lt. Executive Officer (uncredited)
- Patrick Whyte — Flag Captain (uncredited)
- Directed
- Henry Hathaway
- Written
- Richard M. Bluel
Production
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 · 55 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
