Movie1971 · Released · 99 min
In Libya in 1942, Captain Alex Foster (Burton), an intelligence officer with the British Army, allows himself to be captured by a German Afrika Korps convoy transporting British prisoners, pretending to be injured. Once integrated with the prisoners, remnants of a commando force and a medical unit, Foster outlines his plans to take over the convoy, with the help of the prisoners, and redirect it towards the Libyan port town of Tobruk.
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Richard Burton
Capt. Alex Foster
John Colicos
Sgt. Maj. Allan MacKenzie
Wolfgang Preiss
Gen. Erwin Rommel
Clinton Greyn
Maj. Hugh Tarkington
Danielle De Metz
Vivianne Gagliardo
Karl-Otto Alberty
Schroeder
Christopher Cary
Conscientious Objector
John Orchard
Garth
Brook Williams
Reilly
Greg Mullavey
Brown
Ben Wright
Admiral
Michael Sevareid
Wembley
Chris Anders
Tank Sergeant
James O'Hara
Lt. Executive Officer (uncredited)
Patrick Whyte
Flag Captain (uncredited)
Robert Wolders
German Pilot (uncredited)
Ronald Southart
British Colonel (uncredited)
Erik Holland
Sentry at Checkpoint (uncredited)
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