Sahara

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Sahara

Released Nov 11, 1943

1h 37m

War

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Set in the Libyan desert in 1942 where a group of American soldiers become isolated in their tank during the retreat to El Alamein. As they drive across the desert they pick up a group of Allied stragglers, but with their supplies of fuel, food and water running low, they try to reach a desert fortress, but a large German detachment is also heading there.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Packed with pithy dialog, lusty action and suspense, and logically and well-devised situations avoiding ultra-theatrics throughout.

Jul 6, 2010

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Watchable more for its strong cast than for its credibility or its pretensions ...

Feb 9, 2006

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films

One of the best WWII-era WWII movies… a thoroughly entertaining war actioner starring Humphrey Bogart as a tough American sergeant commanding a tank crew in the Libyan desert.

Rated: A-

Jun 24, 2003

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

A somewhat dull war film from Zoltan Korda. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 5/10

Jun 6, 2023

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Ian Kane

Epoch Times

... what we get with “Sahara” is a gritty, riveting war drama that transports us to another place and time, far off in a no man’s land, with characters who are believable and multidimensional.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 1, 2023

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Zoltan Korda's wartime coalition is more Air Force muscularity than In Which We Serve fustiness

Sep 25, 2009

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Mark B

This holds up a very well directed, well acted , well written masterpiece movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/30/24

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Richard G. R

Another Bogie winner! Great cast and direction in this World War II thriller.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/27/24

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Al G

It's not "Casablanca" or "Caine Mutiny." However, it's a Bogart movie about the Second World War and Bogart gets it right. His character is sort in charge of the situation but he has some doubts and the audience doesn't know what he'll do next. The nasties are gaining ground. Doing the right thing will be difficult.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/19/24

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Narciso R

Awesome movie. Watch it when I have a chance. NRJ.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/24

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Randy W

One of the best world war II movies of all time. What I like about the movie was a variety of different people of different nationalities races and cultures all come together and work as a team to defeat a common enemy this movie transcends any racial or cultural barriers as well as it just being an all around great movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/09/23

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george l

It's a good war movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

Set in the Libyan desert in 1942 where a group of American soldiers become isolated in their tank during the retreat to El Alamein. As they drive across the desert they pick up a group of Allied stragglers, but with their supplies of fuel, food and water running low, they try to reach a desert fortress, but a large German detachment is also heading there.

Director: Zoltan Korda
Screenwriter: John Howard Lawson, Zoltan Korda
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia, Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures
Genre: War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 1943, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 7, 2010
Runtime: 1h 37m

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