After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.
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Title: Sahara (1943)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Humphrey Bogart | ... | Sgt. Joe Gunn | |
| Bruce Bennett | ... | Waco Hoyt | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Giuseppe | |
| Lloyd Bridges | ... | Fred Clarkson | |
| Rex Ingram | ... | Sgt. Major Tambul | |
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Richard Aherne | ... | Capt. Jason Halliday (as Richard Nugent) |
| Dan Duryea | ... | Jimmy Doyle | |
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Carl Harbord | ... | Marty Williams |
| Patrick O'Moore | ... | Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates | |
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Louis Mercier | ... | Jean Leroux, 'Frenchie' (as Louis T. Mercier) |
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Guy Kingsford | ... | Peter Stegman |
| Kurt Kreuger | ... | Capt. von Schletow (as Kurt Krueger) | |
| John Wengraf | ... | Maj. Von Falken | |
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Sergeant Joe Gunn and his tank crew pick up five British soldiers, a Frenchman and a Sudanese man with an Italian prisoner crossing the Libyan Desert to rejoin their command after the fall of Tobruk. They and the Germans are greatly in need of water. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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world war two | strafing | white flag | wounded soldier | british soldier |Taglines:
SENSATIONAL! DRAMATIC! EMOTIONAL! MEMORABLE! (original one-sheet poster) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
11 November 1943 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Gross USA:
$2,300,000, 31 December 1943Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Capt. Jason Halliday: It's a nice picture. You must be very proud of them. I'll see what I can do.
[Walks over to tank]
Capt. Jason Halliday: Sgt. I'd wish you'd change your mind. This man is a prisoner of war and, as such, he is entitled to certain rights. We've got to take him with us. We can't leave him here to die. If we ask the men I'm sure they'd agree.
Sgt. Joe Gunn: Mm-hum. They'd agree now. What about when they're starving to death and dyin' of thirst? It's why you put me in command. To look ahead.
Capt. Jason Halliday: ...
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(uncredited)
Music by Stephen Foster
Played on the harmonica by Patrick O'Moore.
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Tambul, a Sergeant Major, outranks Gunn, a Master Sergeant. Gunn should have ceded command to Tambul as soon as Tambul met up with the remnants of Gunn's unit. See more »Quotes
Giuseppe: My wife, my wife and bambino, that's my baby.Capt. Jason Halliday: It's a nice picture. You must be very proud of them. I'll see what I can do.
[Walks over to tank]
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Opening credits prologue: In June, 1942, a small detachment of American tanks with American crews, joined the British Eighth Army in North Africa to get experience in desert warfare under actual battle conditions.History has proved that they learned their lesson well - - See more »
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Oh! Susanna(uncredited)
Music by Stephen Foster
Played on the harmonica by Patrick O'Moore.
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"Sahara" is a 1943 film starring Humphrey Bogart, directed by Zoltan Korda, and intended as a propaganda film during World War II. It succeeds.
Bogart is a Sgt. Joe Gunn, and after Tobruk falls in North Africa, he leads a tank unit into the desert. He's joined by French, South African, British, and Sudanese soldiers. They come up against a group of Germans that want the water well where the tanks are stationed.
Besides Bogart, the great cast includes Bruce Bennett. Lloyd Bridges, Dan Duryea and J. Carrol Naish, and they all do an exemplary job. What I like best about this film is the atmosphere - the sun beating down, the dryness, the filth - you're thirsty just watching it.
It was films like this that probably kept people in the U.S. going during the war, I imagine. World War II has been highly romanticized, but despite the pretty songs, there wasn't anything romantic about it. Since there are no women in this film, there's nothing romantic about "Sahara" either. Very good work.