In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.
Humphrey Bogart
as Sgt. Joe Gunn
Bruce Bennett
as Waco Hoyt
J. Carrol Naish
as Giuseppe
Lloyd Bridges
as Fred Clarkson
Rex Ingram
as Sgt. Maj. Tambul
Richard Aherne
as Capt. Jason Halliday
Dan Duryea
as Jimmy Doyle
Carl Harbord
as Marty Williams
Patrick O'Moore
as Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates
Louis Mercier
as Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie'
Guy Kingsford
as Peter Stegman
Kurt Kreuger
as Capt. von Schletow
