Sahara

Sep 22, 1943

1h 37m

★ 7.2

Their dramatic story can now be told!

Overview

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

Genres

Adventure

War

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Sahara Trailers

Cast

Sgt. Joe Gunn

Humphrey Bogart

Waco Hoyt

Bruce Bennett

Giuseppe

J. Carrol Naish

Fred Clarkson

Lloyd Bridges

Sgt. Maj. Tambul

Rex Ingram

Capt. Jason Halliday

Richard Aherne

Jimmy Doyle

Dan Duryea

Marty Williams

Carl Harbord

Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates

Patrick O'Moore

Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie'

Louis Mercier

Peter Stegman

Guy Kingsford

Capt. von Schletow

Kurt Kreuger

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