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Very well executed

the audience applauded

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

This film takes re-writing history to new levels.This film is set after the Fall of Tobruk, June 1942. However, there were no American forces in Africa AT ALL until the Operation Torch landings in Morocco / Algeria in November 1942.I can only imagine it was designed as a feel-good film for American home consumption, since I can't believe British or Commonwealth audiences at the time (i.e. around about the time the confident yet green American forces were routed by the Germans at Sidi Bou Zid and Kasserine Pass) would have been pleased to hear about how an American sergeant usurped the authority of a British captain & led his tiny band to a glorious victory against superior German forces.But then, when did Hollywood ever let the truth get in the way of a 'good' story?

This a wonderful film with a stellar cast headed by Humphrey Bogart. Seldom did a war film reflect so well the combined effort of the countries involved. There seemed to be a greater understanding of the wider struggle, and genuine understanding and mutual respect between the nations. Great to see Dan Duryea in a heroic role, with marvellous support from Rex Ingram, J. Carrol Naish, Bruce Bennett and the lesser known actors such as Carl Harbord and Louis Mercier. The movie has a lot of humanity, reflected especially when they don't let the Italian prisoner onto the overcrowded truck, but then change their mind. It brings to mind Ice Cold in Alex in which the greater enemy for both sides is the desert.. Not seen the remake, but I think I will pass on it.

I relied on the glowing mark attributed to this movie on IMDb and wasted an hour and a half watching this predictable propaganda movie. The Germans are dumb or devious caricatural Nazis. The Italian a nice chap who would have liked to be an American. The American sergeant (in Libya in 1943!?) commands the vassals of the US, even a British officer, superior to him in rank.I really could not understand how the Germans could not outflank the small Bogart crew but insisted on frontal attacks. I couldn't quite get either where Bogart was getting his fuel for his gas-guzzling antiquated tank. There is never any suspense or subtle portraits.Only for unconditional patriotic Americans or Bogart fans.

One of the best War Films made during the War. It is has lean action and a thoughtful, even script. It is rousing without being too preachy and imparts empathy in trickles, not gushes. The Movie's intelligence is what sets it apart from other "propaganda" pictures of the time, along with Bogart who is more of a real soldier here than any of John Wayne's blustering blow-hards.The desert setting is "cold" and there are a number of scenes shot so beautiful that it can be, at times, hypnotic. All the character's here are beyond stereotypes and their camaraderie is never hokey or seem forced.The battles are realistic and engrossing with wounds that bleed. The tank is the only female in the Film, "Lulubelle", and she is not only the center of attention but contributes heroically when things get hot. Overall, you won't find better "old school" character studies of the fighting men (aside from the work of Sam Fuller), and there is much tension tightly wound around the need for water and the need, for all of them, to take a stand against fascism.