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Tobruk

Tobruk

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 7, 1967

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Drama, History, War

User Score

61%

Original Title

Tobruk

Production Companies

The Corman Company, Universal Pictures, Gibraltar Productions

Director

Arthur Hiller

Description

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.