Tobruk (1967 film)

Tobruk is a 1967 American war film starring Rock Hudson and George Peppard and directed by Arthur Hiller. The film was written by Leo Gordon who also acted in the film and released through Universal Pictures.

In September 1942, Rommels Africa Korps is only 90 miles 144km from the Suez Canal, but running dangerously low on fuel. The British approve a plan to destroy German fuel bunkers at Tobruk in an attempt to cripple Rommels attack.The author of the plan, Canadian Major Donald Craig Rock Hudson had been captured by Vichy French forces. His expertise is considered essential to the success of the raid. Craig is rescued by Captain Kurt Bergman George Peppard of the Special Identification Group SIG and some of his men, German Jews serving with the British. They then join up with commandos of the Long Range Desert Group LRDG, under the command of LieutenantColonel John Harker Nigel Green, at Kufra in southeastern Libya. ........

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