Raid on Rommel

1971

Raid on Rommel

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Movie Info

The British fleet is enroute to North Africa to engage the Germans, and the best port for them to use is Tobruk. There, they have problems: Germans occupy Tobruk, and have fortified it with devastating heavy artillery which would prevent a British landing. The original scheme for sabotaging the guns, by using British commandos planted behind the lines as prisoners of war, has gone awry. Posing as a Nazi officer, the man who was to lead the attack (Richard Burton) arrives at the rendezvous point, but all he finds are genuine prisoners of war, all of them sick, accompanied by their medics who are pacifists. A great many British lives hang in the balance, and a failure here could affect the outcome of the entire Second World War. Somehow, he must make use of these unlikely recruits to carry out the raid.

Rating:

PG
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Drama
Directed By:

Henry Hathaway
Written By:

Richard M. Bluel, Richard Bluel
In Theaters:

Feb 12, 1971 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

May 18, 1998
Runtime:

99 minutes
Studio:

MCA Universal Home Video

Cast

Richard Burton
as Capt. Alex Foster

John Colicos
as Sgt. Maj. Allan MacKenzie

Clinton Greyn
as Maj. Tarkington Medical Officer

Wolfgang Preiss
as Gen. Erwin Rommel

Danielle De Metz
as Vivianne Gagliardo

Karl Otto Alberty
as Capt. Heinz Schroeder

John Orchard
as Dan Garth

Christopher Cary
as Conscientious Objector

Brook Williams
as Sgt. Joe Reilly

Greg Mullavey
as Pvt. Peter Brown

Ben Wright
as Admiral

Michael Sevareid
as Cpl. Bill Wembley

Chris Anders
as Tank Sergeant

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Critic Reviews for Raid on Rommel

All Critics (2) | Rotten (2)

It's a terribly complicated and not very interesting plot.

Apr 3, 2019 | Full Review…

Tony Mastroianni
Cleveland Press
A rubbish film of the post-consumer recycled variety.

Jan 17, 2016 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

David N. Butterworth
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Audience Reviews for Raid on Rommel

Mar 27, 2009

i wouldnt say it was the best ever war movie i have ever seen or the best ever acting in a war movie i have ever seen the mission was deadly as ever in a classic type of movie what didnt help the movie was the fact that in some of the fight scenes the did show the same scene a few times

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