The Rats of Tobruk (1944 film)
- The Rats of Tobruk (1944 film)
Infobox Film | name = The Rats of Tobruk
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director = Charles Chauvel
producers = Charles Chauvel Charles Munro
writer = Charles Chauvel Elsa Chauvel Maxwell Dunn
starring = Grant Taylor Peter Finch Chips Rafferty
music = Lindley Evans
cinematography = George Heath
editing = Gus Lowry
distributor =
released = 1944
runtime = 68 min.
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0037212
"The Rats of Tobruk" is a 1944 Australian movie that follows three friends who enlist in the Australian Army together during World War II. Their story is based on the siege of the Libyan city of Tobruk in North Africa by Rommel's Afrika Korps. The largely Australian defenders held the city for 250 days before being relieved by British forces.
Among the cast members were Peter Finch and Chips Rafferty.
External links
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A1262;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 The Rats of Tobruk at the National Film and Sound Archive]
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