Sahara (1995 film)

Sahara also known as Desert Storm is a 1995 AmericanAustralian madefortelevision action drama war film shot in Australia and directed by Brian TrenchardSmith. The film stars James Belushi, Alan David Lee and Simon Westaway. This film is a remake of the 1943 film Sahara, starring Humphrey Bogart.

The well has completely dried up by then. A standoff and battle of wills begins between Gunn and Major von Falken Alexander Petersons, the German commander. Gunn keeps up the pretense that the well has much water and negotiates to buy time. Eventually, the Germans attack and are beaten off again and again, but one by one, the defenders are killed. During the fighting, von Schletow, the German flyer, tries to escape, injuring Giuseppe who tries to stop him. Giuseppe is then killed by German fire as he tries to alert Gunn. Tambul chases down and kills von Schletow, but is shot as he returns. Before he dies, he tells the others that the Germans did not learn that the well was dry.When the German commander attempts to resolve the impasse, embittered Frenchie Leroux Michael Massee meets him outside the fort and kills him, only to be shot down by a sniper while returning to his side. Without a leader, the thirstmaddened Germans final assault turns into a fullblown surrender as they drop their weapons and claw across the sand towards the well. Gunn discovers, to his shock, that a German shell that exploded in the well has tapped into a source of water. Gunn and Bates Alan David Lee, the only other Allied survivor, disarm the Germans while they drink their fill. Ultimately, a British Long Range Desert Patrol arrives at the oasis to take charge of the prisoners. ........

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