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Status
Released
Release
1969
Runtime
1h 36m
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"Montgomery's Iron Back 8th Army ... Rommel's Crack Africa Korps ... they met head on and tore the earth apart !"
June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!
19 Cast Members
Frederick Stafford
Giorgio Borri
Enrico Maria Salerno
Claudio Borri
George Hilton
Lieutenant Graham
Robert Hossein
Erwin Rommel
Michael Rennie
Bernard Law Montgomery
Giuseppe Castellano
Sal Borgese
Private Kapow
Nello Pazzafini
Italian Sergeant
Riccardo Pizzuti
Private Jailbird
Gérard Herter
General Schwartz
Ettore Manni
Italian Captain
Giuseppe Addobbati
Georg Stumme
Tom Felleghy
Ritter von Thoma
Andrea Fantasia
Rommel's Doctor
Ira von Fürstenberg
Marta
Renato Romano
General Clifton
Edoardo Toniolo
Major Baker
Luciano Catenacci
Sergeant O'Hara
Massimo Righi
Italian Soldier
