Sahara with Humphrey Bogart: DVD Cover
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Sahara Director: Zoltan Korda Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, Lloyd Bridges, Rex Ingram

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  • DVD Release Date: 12/11/2001
  • Original Release: 1943
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 1,055
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Digitally mastered audio & video; Production notes; Interactive menus; Audio: English [mono], French; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; Vintage advertising; Filmographies; Talent files; Theatrical trailers; Scene selections

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Start [1:26]
2. "Scram!" [4:03]
3. Halliday & Friends [4:34]
4. Stuck [4:34]
5. Tambul & Giuseppe [7:45]
6. Air Attack [9:27]
7. Bone Dry [3:07]
8. Sandstorm [1:51]
9. Bir Acroma [1:14]
10. Drops of Life [10:03]
11. Mohammedan Customs [1:55]
12. Maestro Mechanic [:49]
13. Hometowns [:36]
14. Headed Their Way [2:35]
15. Breaking the Prisoner [3:02]
16. Gunn's Plan [3:05]
17. The Enemy Approaches [8:51]
18. First Strike [2:02]
19. White Flag [2:06]
20. Williams [3:42]
21. Counter-Attack [2:16]
22. "Denounce Me, Then." [:32]
23. "He Got the Heinie." [1:55]
24. Terms of Deception [3:37]
25. Never Say Die [2:53]
26. Waco Makes It [2:21]
27. Mass Surrender [2:50]
28. Whittled Down [1:44]

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Editorial Reviews

Humphrey Bogart considered this World War II action epic from director Zoltan Korda one of his finest films. Sergeant Joe Gunn (Bogart) is the commander of an American M-3 tank crew allied to the British Eighth Army, which is defeated by the Germans at Tobruk. Joining the scattered retreat across the Libyan desert, Gunn and his two remaining men, Jimmy Doyle (Dan Duryea) and Waco Hoyt (Bruce Bennett) search for water. Instead the tank crew finds an international mix of stragglers, including an officer doctor (Richard Nugent) with several soldiers and a British Sudanese sergeant, Tambul (Rex Ingram), with his Italian prisoner of war (J. Carrol Naish). The rag-tag column shoots down an attacking plane and takes its German pilot (Kurt Kreuger) as a second captive, although a soldier, Fred Clarkson (Lloyd Bridges) is killed in the fighting. After one well turns out to be dry, the troupe finally reaches an abandoned mosque with a well that provides a trickle of water. Two more prisoners are taken while scouting the area and reveal that an entire German battalion is en route to the same well. Gunn misleads them into believing that there is plenty of water to go around, sets them free to report back to their superiors, and then persuades his fellow Allies to help him fight the enemy force that's en route, even though they are staggeringly outnumbered. A betrayal, an escaped prisoner, and bloody skirmishes follow in short order as Hoyt goes in search of help while Gunn and his compatriots attempt to crush the German battalion. Sahara (1943) inspired several subsequent action films, most notably Last of the Comanches (1952), and was remade as a 1995 cable television movie. Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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March 13, 2004: This is a fine little film about a rag-tag group of Allied soldiers in the north African desert struggling to find water while staving off the Germans. It's not only the 'good guys' versus the 'bad guys,' but the good guys versus time and nature. Bogart is great, as one would expect, but the supporting players do well, too, especially Rex Ingram as Tambul. A lesser-known movie, unusual considering Bogart's involvement, with a strong story and an interesting twist at the end. Interesting, too, that it was produced and released in 1943, during the height of WWII. If you enjoy films like 'Flight of the Phoenix' you'll enjoy this. Rocommended.