In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.
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Humphrey Bogart as Sgt. Joe Gunn
Bruce Bennett as Waco Hoyt
J. Carrol Naish as Giuseppe
Lloyd Bridges as Fred Clarkson
Rex Ingram as Sgt. Maj. Tambul
Richard Aherne as Capt. Jason Halliday
Dan Duryea as Jimmy Doyle
Carl Harbord as Marty Williams
Patrick O'Moore as Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates
Louis Mercier as Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie'
Guy Kingsford as Peter Stegman
Kurt Kreuger as Capt. von Schletow
John Wengraf as Maj. von Falken
Louis Adlon as Soldier (uncredited)
Niels Bagge as German Private (uncredited)
Walter Bonn as Soldier (uncredited)
Frederic Brunn as German Private (uncredited)
Leslie Denison as British Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Dyne as British Soldier (uncredited)
Carl Ekberg as Sniper (uncredited)
Jack Gardner as British Soldier (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson as British Officer (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen as Sheik Ali (uncredited)
Peter Lawford as British Soldier (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh as British Soldier (uncredited)
Anthony Marsh as Soldier (uncredited)
John Meredith as Soldier (uncredited)
George N. Neise as British Sergeant (uncredited)
Otto Reichow as German Captain (uncredited)
Henry Rowland as Captured German Private (uncredited)
John Royce as Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Schumm as Sgt. Krause (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson as German Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Thiele as Sniper (uncredited)
Frederick Worlock as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)