The Desert Rats (1953)

Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.

Director: Robert Wise

Cast: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Charles Davis, Ben Wright, Patrick Aherne, John Alderson, Frank Baker, John Blackburn, Robert Boon, Frederic Brunn, Arthur Brunner, Paul Busch, Paul Cavanagh