Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Similar Movies
Showtimes &
Tickets
On DVD

Tobruk

:

Overview

Tobruk
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
0 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
1hr 50min
Genre:
Release:
1966
Director:
Synopsis: Arthur Hiller directed this exciting World War II drama starring Rock Hudson as Major Donald Craig of the British North African Army. In 1942, Craig is captured by the Vichy French, rescued by Palestinian Jews, and taken to the headquarters of Col. John Harker (Nigel Green). Harker explains that since Craig is an expert on the desert, he has been recruited to mount a suicidal raid upon the fuel bunkers at Rommel's key source of supplies at Tobruk. In order to get to Tobruk, a band of Palestinian ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Tobruk is about an exciting, based-on-real-life incident, a stealth suicide mission against the forces of the Nazi Desert Fox himself, Rommel. There's plenty of ingredients here for a suspenseful, emotional, gripping, character-driven war story. And indeed, the final 20 minutes or so of Tobruk is grand, a beautifully directed, cinematically vivid account of the attack itself. Director Arthur Hiller ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Maj. Donald Craig
Capt. Kurt Bergman
Col. John Harker
Lt. Max Mohnfeld
advertisement