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El Alaméin

  • 1953
  • Approved
  • 1h 6m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
86
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Rita Moreno and Scott Brady in El Alaméin (1953)
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Several years after the end of World War II, mechanical engineer Joe Banning returns to North Africa to recall his wartime experiences: As a civilian tank mechanic, Joe delivers the newest m... Read allSeveral years after the end of World War II, mechanical engineer Joe Banning returns to North Africa to recall his wartime experiences: As a civilian tank mechanic, Joe delivers the newest models of American-made tanks to the British Seventh Tank Corps. Eager to try out the tank,... Read allSeveral years after the end of World War II, mechanical engineer Joe Banning returns to North Africa to recall his wartime experiences: As a civilian tank mechanic, Joe delivers the newest models of American-made tanks to the British Seventh Tank Corps. Eager to try out the tank, British captain Harbison, Joe and a partial crew set out on a desert patrol, but because ... Read all

  • Director
    • Fred F. Sears
  • Writers
    • Horace McCoy
    • Herbert Purdom
    • George Worthing Yates
  • Stars
    • Scott Brady
    • Edward Ashley
    • Robin Hughes
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    86
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fred F. Sears
    • Writers
      • Horace McCoy
      • Herbert Purdom
      • George Worthing Yates
    • Stars
      • Scott Brady
      • Edward Ashley
      • Robin Hughes
    • 3User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Scott Brady
    Scott Brady
    • Joe Banning
    Edward Ashley
    Edward Ashley
    • Capt. Harbison
    Robin Hughes
    Robin Hughes
    • Sgt. Alf Law
    Rita Moreno
    Rita Moreno
    • Jara
    Michael Pate
    Michael Pate
    • Sgt. McQueen
    Peter Brocco
    Peter Brocco
    • Selim
    Peter Mamakos
    Peter Mamakos
    • Cpl. Singh Das
    Ray Page
    • Nazi Pilot
    Benny Rubin
    Benny Rubin
    • Egyptian Driver
    Henry Rowland
    Henry Rowland
    • Nazi Officer
    Winston Churchill
    Winston Churchill
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Alistair Duncan
    Alistair Duncan
    • Australian
    • (uncredited)
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Al Hill
    Al Hill
    • Australian
    • (uncredited)
    Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Guy Kingsford
    • Australian
    • (uncredited)
    Bernard L. Montgomery
    Bernard L. Montgomery
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Erwin Rommel
    Erwin Rommel
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Fred F. Sears
    • Writers
      • Horace McCoy
      • Herbert Purdom
      • George Worthing Yates
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    searchanddestroy-1

    Men in a tank

    I waited for this are item since a while. I knew it was a Fred S Sears's film, so not a masterpiece. Produced by Wallace Mac Donald, and not Sam Katzman, it's a powerful actioner, but rather corny, as you can guess, even written by Horace mac Coy; not his kind of stories, far from the crime investigating journalists ones. Nothing to do with BEAST OF WAR, about men in a tank during the Afghanistan war, the Russian one, during the eighties. This film is only 66mn length, so you ca watch it without boredom. I don't understand that this movie has not been released more times, on TCM for instance.

    Above all, it's only a Fred Sear's film, and not a Samuel Fuller's one.
    6Nazi_Fighter_David

    "Battles of El-Alamein"

    Two engagements in Egypt during World War II were called "Battles of El-Alamein".

    In the first battle, British forces stopped a German advance across Egypt at 'el-Alamein'; in the second, the British attacked the German at 'el-Alamein' and finally forced them to retreat to Libya...

    Scott Brady played many tough-guy leading roles, mostly in Westerns and other low-budget productions like "El Alamein," photographed in Black and White... Brady is cast here as a 'man of action' under fire with his men and suffering the attacks of Nazi soldiers...

    A tempestuous, dynamic performer, from Puerto Rico, is about to be born: Rita Moreno.

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    • Release date
      • December 3, 1953 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Desert Patrol
    • Filming locations
      • El Segundo, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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