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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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Peter Linton (Peter Finch) quotes from the St Crispin's Day speech from "Henry V" by William Shakespeare and 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brooke.
When the film opened in theaters in Australia, simultaneous premieres were held in Melbourne and Sydney.
According to the book 'Bill Collins' Book of Movies' by Bill Collins, the film was " . . . released late in 1944, and was a timely, authentic tribute paid by an Australian patriot to the durability and heroism of the AIF Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East. The director Charles Chauvel and his wife, Elsa Elsa Chauvel based their screenplay on material supplied by General Morshead and men who endured the siege. The film was made with the co-operation of the Departments of Information and the Army."
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