SAHARA
DIRECTED BY ZOLTAN KORDA
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION
Information From IMDb
Plot Summary
Sergeant Joe Gunn and his tank crew pick up five British soldiers, a Frenchman and a Sudanese man with an Italian prisoner crossing the Libyan Desert to rejoin their command after the fall of Tobruk. They and the Germans are greatly in need of water.
Written by Ed Stephan
Cast
Humphrey Bogart ... Sgt. Joe Gunn
Bruce Bennett ... Waco Hoyt
J. Carrol Naish ... Giuseppe
Lloyd Bridges ... Fred Clarkson
Rex Ingram ... Sgt. Major Tambul
Richard Nugent ... Capt. Jason Halliday
Dan Duryea ... Jimmy Doyle
Carl Harbord ... Marty Williams
Patrick O'Moore ... Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates
Louis Mercier ... Jean Leroux, 'Frenchie' (as Louis T. Mercier)
Guy Kingsford ... Peter Stegman
Kurt Kreuger ... Capt. von Schletow (as Kurt Krueger)
John Wengraf ... Maj. Von Falken
Louis Adlon ... Soldier (uncredited)
Niels Bagge ... German Private (uncredited)
Walter Bonn ... Soldier (uncredited)
Frederic Brunn ... German Private (uncredited)
Bill Carter ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Leslie Denison ... British Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Dyne ... British Soldier (uncredited)
Carl Ekberg ... Sniper (uncredited)
Jack Gardner ... British Soldier (uncredited)
Vilmos Gyimes ... Sergeant (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson ... British Officer (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen ... Sheik Ali, Arab guide for the German column in the desert (uncredited)
Peter Lawford ... British Soldier (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh ... British Soldier (uncredited)
Anthony Marsh ... Soldier (uncredited)
John Meredith ... Soldier (uncredited)
George N. Neise ... British Sergeant (uncredited)
Otto Reichow ... German Captain (uncredited)
Henry Rowland ... German prisoner (killed by Sgt. Krause after their release) (uncredited)
John Royce ... Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Schumm ... Sgt. Krause (German prisoner who won't talk) (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson ... German Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Thiele ... Sniper (uncredited)
Frederick Worlock ... Radio newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Writing credits
Philip MacDonald (story based on an incident in the Soviet Photoplay "The Thirteen")
John Howard Lawson (screenplay) and
Zoltan Korda (screenplay)
James O'Hanlon adaptation &
Sidney Buchman uncredited
Produced by
Harry Joe Brown .... producer (uncredited)
Original Music by
Miklós Rózsa (as Miklos Rozsa)
Trivia
* The German aircraft strafing the tank was actually an early P-51B.
* Based upon the Soviet film Trinadtsat (1937) directed by Mikhail Romm
* "Lulubelle" is an M3 Lee tank.
Goofs
* Anachronisms: As in most of the films made about WWII before 1946. The German helmets are WWI vintage. They look somewhat similar. This movie, however, being made in 1942-43 would make it very difficult to obtain German WWII helmets.
Filming Locations
Brawley, California, USA
Eagle Pass, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Southern California desert, Palm Springs, California, USA
Yuma, Arizona, USA