SAHARA (DVD/P and S 1.33/MONO/FR-BOTH/SP-PO-CH-KO-TH-SUB)

After a major battle in June 1942 an American tank crew, one of the few serving with the British 8th Army, is ordered to retreat south into the Sahara desert, the only direction that is open to them. Sgt. Joe Gunn and the two surviving members of crew head off, collecting a motley crew of British and other Allied soldiers on the way. They even have an Italian and a German POW. Their biggest threat is the lack of water but having finally found a well, they have to deal with advancing Nazis who are also in dire need of water. Rather than flee however, they decide to stand their ground and face the battalion strength enemy. Director: Zoltan Korda Writers: John Howard Lawson (screenplay), Zoltan Korda (screenplay Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish