In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.
Rock Hudson
as Major Donald Craig
George Peppard
as Captain Kurt Bergman
Nigel Green
as Colonel John Harker
Guy Stockwell
as Lt. Max Mohnfeld
Jack Watson
as Sgt. Maj. Jack Tyne
Norman Rossington
as Alfie
Percy Herbert
as Dolan
Liam Redmond
as Henry Portman
Heidy Hunt
as Cheryl Portman
Leo Gordon
as Sgt. Krug
Robert Wolders
as Corporal Bruckner
Curt Lowens
as German Colonel