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The Rats of Tobruk is a 1944 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel.An abridged version was released in the United States in 1951 as The Fighting Rats of Tobruk.The film follows three drover friends who enlist in the Australian Army together during World War II.
The Rats of Tobruk hold an identifiable place within the ranks of returned servicemen, particularly in Australia, where there is the Rats of Tobruk Memorial in Canberra. On 22 March 1944, the original members of the Rats of Tobruk formed the North Bondi Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia and it is still known in modern ...
The Rats of Tobruk (1944) – Australian action drama film based on the siege of the Libyan city of Tobruk in North Africa by Rommel's Afrika Korps [164] Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) – biographical gangster film based on the life of Chicago mob figure Roger Touhy [165]
The Rats of Tobruk is a 1944 Australian film about the siege, focusing upon the Australian defenders. The Desert Rats is a 1953 film about the siege. It also emphasised the Australian defenders but had a number of historical inaccuracies and omissions. Tobruk is a 1967 film which dramatised raids on the Germans.
1944 The Rats of Tobruk: Peter Linton Charles Chauvel Chamun Productions Feature. A clip of Finch's death scene is available at Australian Screen Online: Jungle Patrol: Narrator Tom Gurr Commonwealth Film Unit Documentary made for the Australian government during the Second World War. 1945 Sons of the Anzacs: Narrator Commonwealth Film Unit
Pauline Garrick (3 July 1921 – 13 July 2001) was an Australian singer and actress, best known for her numerous singing appearances and playing the female lead in The Rats of Tobruk (1944). She was the daughter of famed singer Strella Wilson and changed her name so as not to be confused with her mother. She was one of the most popular singers ...
The Way Ahead (1944) The Rats of Tobruk (1944) The Desert Fox (1951) Bright Victory (1951) The Desert Rats (1953) The Malta Story (1953) Folgore Division (1954) They Who Dare (1954) The Steel Bayonet (1957) Bitter Victory (1957) Der Stern von Afrika (1957) Hell Squad (1958) Ice-Cold in Alex (1958) Sea of Sand (1958) Desert Mice (1959) The Best ...
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2012) This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. This is a List of films about Australian history. Prior to European settlement Ten Canoes (2007) Early European settlement The Birth of White Australia (1928) Heritage (1935) Botany Bay (1953) Convicts For the Term of His Natural Life (1927 ...