Sears with scott brady, edward ashley, robin hugues, rita moreno, year. Italian and german scouts sweep towards alexandria. How slight and unimpressive are often the initial causes which lead to great changes in the course of events. A small group of men and a tank stave off a german attack in a. After british forces defeat italian forces in north africa, germany taps german field marshal erwin rommel to drive eastward along the north african coast to seize the suez canal. The italian army paid a heavy price for mussolini throwing them into a war probably twothree years earlier than it was actually ready for it it performed poorly and lost. It has often been called the italian the longest day. The year is 1941, and rommel has the british in full retreat. The real experiences of the soldiers is depicted, though limited by time. Located on the arabs gulf, mediterranean sea, it lies 106 kilometres 66 mi west of alexandria and 240 kilometres 149 mi northwest of cairo. This movie is in the public domain and comes in a color disc with the title printed on it. The desert rats theatrical movie trailer 1953 youtube. With rita moreno, scott brady, edward ashley, robin hughes, michael pate. With scott brady, edward ashley, robin hughes, rita moreno.
The emptiness is subtly matteroffactually presented as the characters trudge through the desert. Rommels advance had been stopped but he was by no means defeated. This page is best viewed in an uptodate web browser with style sheets css enabled. This was the ceremonys second year of being telecast, with viewership at an estimated 43,000,000. The axis army of italy and germany suffered a decisive defeat by the british eighth army. A young volunteer serra arrives to the pavia division which was. The following is a list of american films released in 1953. Unfortunately the movie intended to honour the heroism of the people is less than remarkable and actually focuses far more on the british servicemen than it does the maltese people who are barely present. With fausto tozzi, rossana rory, gabriele tinti, matteo spinola. The desert rats is a sweeping evocation of the north africa campaign during world war ii. Set during the titular desert battle of 1942, the film departs from expectation by concentrating on the axis point of view. Donald oconnor and fredric march cohosted the 26th academy awards ceremony on march 25, 1954, held at the rko pantages theatre in hollywood.
Leading man scott brady is best known for playing tough guys in movies such as he walked by night 1948, canon city 1948, and johnny guitar 1954. A small group of men and a tank stave off a german attack in a bedouin desert during world war ii. The australian 9th division, led by lieutenant general leslie morshead, played a key role in two of these battles, enhancing its reputation earned defending tobruk during 1941. Sears, who directed some of the most iconic films of 1950s, including rock around the clock and earth vs. Two engagements in egypt during world war ii were called battles of elalamein. The brother of actor lawrence tierney, he also starred in the tv western shotgun slade 19591961. Robin hughes was born on june 7, 1920 in buenos aires, argentina as robert harold hughes. The desert rats 1953 movie depicts rats of tobruk siege. This crucial eastwest corridor became a vital defensive line held by. Mussolini has given explicit orders that italys forces were to reach the city first. Latest headlines joker passes deadpool 2 to become the highestgrossing rrated movie.
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