: While originally intended as a propaganda piece to boost home-front morale, critics at The New York Times and Wikipedia note it for its realistic desert cinematography and nuanced performances. Key Details & Awards Director Zoltán Korda Starring
This 1943 classic is one of Humphrey Bogart’s most enduring World War II films, blending gritty survival drama with a "microcosm of the Allied forces" narrative. Movie Overview
: Following the fall of Tobruk in 1942, American M3 Lee tank commander Sergeant Joe Gunn (Bogart) retreats south across the Libyan desert in his tank, nicknamed "Lulubelle". Along the way, he picks up a diverse group of Allied stragglers—British, French, and South African soldiers, plus a Sudanese sergeant-major and his Italian prisoner. Sahara (1943) HDRip XviD.PSF-17.avi
: Although set in North Africa, the movie was primarily filmed in the California and Arizona deserts.
: The story was remade as a Western titled Last of the Comanches (1953) and later as a 1995 TV movie starring Jim Belushi. : While originally intended as a propaganda piece
Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish, and Rex Ingram
: Steven Spielberg paid tribute to the film in his comedy 1941 by naming a tank "Lulubelle". Along the way, he picks up a diverse
: Facing extreme thirst and a relentless German battalion, the ragtag group decides to make a desperate stand at an isolated desert well, bluffing the enemy into believing they have plenty of water.