The Battle of El Alamein
Montgomery's Iron Back 8th Army ... Rommel's Crack Africa Korps ... they met head on and tore the earth apart !
1969 · 1h 36m · PG
Action, War
Directed by
Giorgio Ferroni
Overview
June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!
Director and cast
- Giorgio Ferroni Director
- Frederick Stafford as Lt. Giorgio Borri
- Enrico Maria Salerno as Sergeant-Major Claudio Borri
- George Hilton as Lt. Graham
- Robert Hossein as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- Michael Rennie as General Bernard Law Montgomery
- Giuseppe Castellano Cast
- Sal Borgese Cast
- Nello Pazzafini Cast
- Riccardo Pizzuti Cast
- Gérard Herter Cast
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