Tobrouk

Original title: Tobruk

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6.4/10

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George Peppard, Rock Hudson, Nigel Green, and Guy Stockwell in Tobrouk (1967)

A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major Nazi fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.

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A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major German fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major German fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major German fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

3.7K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total

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Trivia
There actually was a raid on Tobruk, 13-14 September 1942, including the German-Jewish SIG and fake British POWs. Unlike the outcome in the movie, "Operation Agreement" was a complete failure.

Goofs
In one shot a Joshua tree is clearly visible, a plant species only found in the United States.

Quotes
Cheryl Portman: "Mohnfeld"... Odd name for a German officer?
Lt. Max Mohnfeld: [confused] We can't *all* be named *Schmidt*, Fraulein Portman.

Connections
Edited into Le 5ème commando (1971)

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A wee bit silly

... and always has been. But still, this World War II action-adventure does have plenty of excitement, a cross and doublecross plot, and a great mixture of different nationalities, one of the best things about it I thought when I first saw it on television 20 or 25 years ago.

The actual battle of Tobruk plays no part in this story. It's about a complicated commando mission by the famous Long Range Desert Group. The LRDG, while being distinct from the even better known SAS, sometimes joined in combined operations with them at times during the desert campaign against the Afrika Korps. The LRDG mainly engaged in hit-and-run raids against German supply, dangerous enough even without the Hollywood plot elements which make this movie so entertaining.

The film's comic relief is provided by Norman Rossington who did the same job for the Beatles in "A Hard Day's Night".