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Sahara

Year:

1943

Duration:

97 min

Genres:

Action | Drama | War

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

Zoltan Korda

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1943-11-11

Filming Locations: Zzyzx, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Humphrey Bogart

Sgt. Joe Gunn

Bruce Bennett

Waco Hoyt

J. Carrol Naish

Giuseppe

Lloyd Bridges

Fred Clarkson

Rex Ingram

Sgt. Major Tambul

Richard Aherne

Capt. Jason Halliday

Dan Duryea

Jimmy Doyle

Carl Harbord

Marty Williams

Patrick O'Moore

Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates

Louis Mercier

Jean Leroux, 'Frenchie'

Guy Kingsford

Peter Stegman

Kurt Kreuger

Capt. von Schletow

John Wengraf

Maj. Von Falken

Louis Adlon

Soldier (uncredited)

Niels Bagge

German Private (uncredited)

Walter Bonn

Soldier (uncredited)

Frederic Brunn

German Private (uncredited)

Leslie Denison

British Soldier (uncredited)

Michael Dyne

British Soldier (uncredited)

Carl Ekberg

Sniper (uncredited)

Jack Gardner

British Soldier (uncredited)

Vilmos Gyimes

Sergeant (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

British Officer (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen

Sheik Ali (uncredited)

Peter Lawford

British Soldier (uncredited)

Nelson Leigh

British Soldier (uncredited)

Anthony Marsh

Soldier (uncredited)

John Meredith

Soldier (uncredited)

George N. Neise

British Sergeant (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

German Captain (uncredited)

Henry Rowland

Captured German Private (uncredited)

John Royce

Soldier (uncredited)

Hans Schumm

Sgt. Krause

Robert R. Stephenson

German Soldier (uncredited)

Walter Thiele

Sniper (uncredited)

Frederick Worlock

Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

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Trivia

According to the 'Hollywood Reporter', this movies premiere was held at Camp Campbell (aka Fort Campbell) in Kentucky. This event was included as part of a program to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of the formation of the IV Armored Corps of the Army Ground Forces, United States Army.

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Based upon an incident in the Soviet film The Thirteen [See: The Thirteen (1937)] directed by Mikhail Romm and made about six years prior to this movie.

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Bernard Nedell was tested for a leading part in this movie.

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Goofs

The dog tags held by Gunn at the end are inaccurate. British soldiers wore two dog tags - one circular and one octagonal. These were not made of metal. The circular one was attached to the cord through a hole in the circle, not through an additional loop. The soldier's religious affiliation was shown on the tag as well.

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All of the German vehicles are emblazoned with Nazi Party swastikas rather than the Balkenkreuz, the straight-armed cross that was the emblem of the Wehrmacht used on their vehicles during WWII.

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The machine gun commandeered from the German half-track is an American Colt MG38, which would not have been available to the Axis powers.

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Quotes

Sgt. Joe Gunn: [Last Lines] Yeah. They'd want to know. Halliday, Doyle, Tambul, Williams, Stegman, Frenchie, Clarkson. We stopped them at El Alamein.

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Waco Hoyt: I see you whittled them down a bit.

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Jimmy Doyle: [First Lines] U.S. tank detachment unit 5. Repeat message. U.S. tank detachment unit 5. Repeat. Over to you. Over.

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