Directed by:
J. Lee ThompsonScreenplay:
T.J. MorrisonCinematography:
Gilbert TaylorComposer:
Leighton LucasCast:
John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Diane Clare, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner, Allan Cuthbertson, Peter Arne, Paul Stassino (more)VOD (1)
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A thousand square miles of blazing, pitiless desert, and a story so unusual, so gripping that it could spring only from life itself. The Mediterranean of 1942; along the barren North African coast where war has turned towns into smoking ruins, and the grim struggle surges to and from. But that is just the background; the story is about people, not war - and it happens to be true. (Film Movement)
(more)Cast
![John Mills](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390322_b915e3.png)
John Mills
UK
![Sylvia Syms](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/565/161565303_47c073.jpg)
Sylvia Syms
UK
Best movies:
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) (TV movie)
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
![Anthony Quayle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270241_095f08.jpg)
Anthony Quayle
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
![Harry Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653269_647743.jpg)
Harry Andrews
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Diane Clare](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185787_3f5fdf.jpg)
Diane Clare
UK
Best movies:
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Indiscreet (1958)
![Walter Gotell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272351_28640f.jpg)
Walter Gotell
German Empire
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 1: The Unopened File (1995) (video compilation)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
![Richard Marner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/334/334331_ae6cf2.jpg)
Richard Marner
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The African Queen (1951)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
![Allan Cuthbertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298351_dfccce.jpg)
Allan Cuthbertson
Australia
Best movies:
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Room at the Top (1959)
Freud (1962)
![Peter Arne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/442/160442847_ad5742.gif)
Peter Arne
Malaysia
Best movies:
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Far Pavilions, The (1984) (series)
Paul Stassino
Cyprus
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
Thunderball (1965)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
![Michael Nightingale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/385/161385865_2d3504.jpg)
Michael Nightingale
UK
Best movies:
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
![Frederick Jaeger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/844/161844871_7a2676.jpg)
Frederick Jaeger
German Empire
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The One That Got Away (1957)
The Passage (1979)
Basil Hoskins
UK
Best movies:
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV movie)
North West Frontier (1959)
Liam Redmond
Ireland
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
The 25th Hour (1967)
Richard Leech
Ireland
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Brian Peck
UK
Best movies:
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Five Million Years to Earth (1967)