Tobruk

When Capt.

Bergman attacks and kills the sentry, blood is visible on his right (knife) hand before he stabs the sentry.

The intravenous line for plasma shown going into Miss Portman's arm is actually more modern plastic line of the 1960s and 70s instead of the rubber tubing line furnished medics in WWII.

The British spy was talking about a "holy war" or "jihad," and not 'jeddah,' as used in the film.

"Jeddah" pronounced by its people, means "prosperity and happiness.

" When the frogmen first board the prison ship, one is holding a pistol with a silencer.

The silencer is clearly bent.

In the convoy heading to Tobruk the trucks are M135 and M54 models these are early-1950s-vintage trucks.

Tobruk, just over 100 minutes of machismo and bravado, and of course a little history re-writing. Directed by Arthur Hiler and written by Leo Gordon, who also appears in pic, plot essentially finds an assemblage of British and German-Jewish commandos battling each others beliefs as they battle all and sundry en-route to try and destroy Erwin Rommel's fuel supply.

While a soldier covers his ears because he can't stand the sight of blood, his pal asks why he doesn't cover his eyes instead. He replies, "I want to see what's going on, don't I?

Watched Raid on Rommel and Tobruk consecutively and was startled to see the same scenes and background actors appear in both films. Not re-shot scenes or newsreel footage, but actual duplicate footage in each.

I always loved this little WWII action gem. Ever since I saw it on the Million Dollar Movie as a kid.

There was a FRench movie called "Un Taxi Pour Tobruk" in the early sixties but it has nothing (or almost nothing to do with "Tobruk" except for the historical context).Based on a true story ,it deals with the plight of young Czech volunteers who were sent to war without any training.

Whilst there's always the obligatory talky parts in 'sixties films this still holds its own, especially with a latter movie-status Rock Hudson at the helm. Morose, enigmatic Canadian officer Craig, at odds with the CO on the mission, Harker (Nigel Green in yet another military role) stubbornly goes along with a plan to destroy the dumps at Tobruk to enable our boys to end the desert war asap.

Incredibly monotonous, which is a surprise given it's a war film. Expected so much more.

Fairly average WW2 movie. Doesn't do justice to Stephen Crane's "Red Badge of Courage", on which it is based, apparently (though you wouldn't know it unless it was in the credits).

One by one the Eastern European movies are drawing line with Hollywood, especially in the badly neglected production value department. The best example, together with a couple of solid Hungarian and Polish attempts, are probably Night Watch, Day Watch or The 9th Company from Russia.