Description:

September 1942 - With Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps on the march through Egypt, a British special forces unit, composed of German Jews who serve with the British despite the mutual resentment between both, kidnap a Canadian officer who is an expert topographer and who is held prisoner by the Vichy French in Algeria. The officer, Donald Craig, must negotiate a company of British and German-Jewish commandos through 800 miles of the Sahara to aide a pending amphibious landing against Tobruk's massive fuel storage base - a mission that sees one impediment after another, and which discovers an undetected German armored force ready to win the battle of Egypt.

Year:

1967

Directed By:

Arthur Hiller

Written By:

Leo Gordon (as Leo V. Gordon)

Genres:

War, Drama

Release Date:

7 February 1967 (USA)

Language:

English , German , Italian , Arabic

Runtime:

107 min

Origin/Country:

USA

Shooting Location:

Yuma, Arizona, USA