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List Price: $19.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 8154
Released: December 11, 2001 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A small group of Allied soldiers try to defend themselves from Germans in the Sahara desert outside of Tobruk.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 11-DEC-2001
Media Type: DVD
Description of Sahara:
Hollywood made few movies about the desert conflict during World War II--and curiously, two that they did (Five Graves to Cairo is the other) were remakes of films set elsewhere. John Howard Lawson based his script on a prewar Russian film (Lawson would later be blacklisted, incidentally) about a military patrol besieged by Asian bandits. The situation readily lent itself to a wartime parallel and became one of the most engrossing story lines of its era.
A U.S. tank crew and their commander (Humphrey Bogart), separated from the main force, make their way through the desert, accumulating a veritable United Nations of stragglers as they go: a few of Montgomery's tommies (including that old limey Lloyd Bridges) and a towering African (Rex Ingram) and his prisoner--a garrulous Italian (Oscar-nominated J. Carrol Naish) who can't wait to tell his new friends about his relatives in "Peets-a-bourg Pennsylvania." They come upon a ruin, the onetime site of an oasis, and almost immediately find themselves defending it against a small army of Germans who believe there's still water to be had there. Yes and no--there's a biblical wrinkle to this tale--and the standoff between the polyglot democrats and the Nazis who far outnumber them is a fine, sun-baked study in suspense.
For Bogart, this Columbia picture was a rare furlough from Warner Bros., where he always felt embattled. His pleasure must have seeped into his work, because Sgt. Joe Gunn is one of the most sympathetic and heartfelt characterizations the actor ever gave us. This is one good movie. --Richard T. Jameson
Sahara Reviews:
Duty is a hard task master!!! 
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One of the best films on WW2
2009-10-15 - I must admit that I am not a big fan of Bogart and never really understood what most people saw in him but this is a truly fine film. It has a great cast and story.
A small group of allies come together at a lonely outpost in the desert with Bogart, his tank and crew. It's much like a mini Alamo but with a far different ending.
I know this film was made during the war so there is certain amount of propaganda feel to it but it really is well done and the story holds your interest.
I highly recommend this
Solid sand-swept action film 
2009-08-18 - The Bottom Line:
Not to be confused with the troubled 2005 Matthew McConaughey production of the same name, 1943's Sahara pits Bogart and his tank crew against the ravages of the desert and the ruthlessness of the Wehrmacht; an engrossing and enjoyable war film, Sahara maybe has a few too many recognizable genre elements (read: cliches) but if you want an old war film that holds up well today, give Sahara a look.
3/4
Sahara - Bogie
2009-06-25 - Wonderful movie. Husband loved it for Bday. Arrived on time in great condition.
Sahara
2009-06-05 - Great black & white movie! Real action without all the fake computer add-ons. The best of Bogart, a real actor
