The Rats of Tobruk (1944) | |
| Director(s) | Charles Chauvel |
| Producer(s) | Charles Chauvel |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, War |
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The Rats of Tobruk (1944) was a Action - War Film directed by Charles Chauvel and produced by Charles Chauvel.
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The film's closing epilogue and remembrance statement reads: "At the going down of the sun - And in the morning - We will remember them - 'THE RATS OF TOBRUK'."
The name "The Rats of Tobruk" of the film's title refers to the World War II soldiers, mostly Australian, who held-out against Rommel's Nazi Afrika Corps at the North African Libyan port of Tobruk during 1941. This was during the so-called Siege of Tobruk which began on 10th of April 1941 and concluded in November of that year. The Rats of Tobruk held out for a massive two hundred and fifty days before being they were relieved by more Allied British forces.
Legendary Australian actor Chips Rafferty appears in this movie as Milo Trent. About a decade later, Rafferty would appear playing Sergeant 'Blue' Smith in another movie featuring "The Rats of Tobruk" with Richard Burton entitled The Desert Rats.
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The name "The Rats of Tobruk" of the film's title refers to the World War II soldiers, mostly Australian, who held-out against Rommel's Nazi Afrika Corps at the North African Libyan port of Tobruk during 1941. This was during the so-called Siege of Tobruk which began on 10th of April 1941 and concluded in November of that year. The Rats of Tobruk held out for a massive two hundred and fifty days before being they were relieved by more Allied British forces.
Legendary Australian actor Chips Rafferty appears in this movie as Milo Trent. About a decade later, Rafferty would appear playing Sergeant 'Blue' Smith in another movie featuring "The Rats of Tobruk" with Richard Burton entitled The Desert Rats.
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