""Stunningly Realistic Battle Action." -The Hollywood ReporterThere`s plenty of top-notch explosive action in this 1943 "Bogie" classic about a ragtag battalion stranded in the great African desert during World War II. After the fall of the Libyan city of Tobruk Sergeant Joe Gunn (Humphrey Bogart) and his crew--"Waco" Hoyt (Bruce Bennett) Fred Clarkson (Lloyd Bridges) and Jimmy Doyle (Dan Duryea)--retreat in their tank across the Sahara. Along the way they pick up six Allied stragglers and Tambul (Rex Ingram) a Sudanese corporal and his Italian prisoner. Tambul directs the group to a desert fortress where they hope to find desperately needed water. A detachment of German soldiers arrives and attempts to barter food for water but Gunn and his followers refuse. When the Germans attack Gunn leads his desert-weary men in a desperate battle hoping that British reinforcements can arrive in time."