Movie Description:
After the fall of the Libyan city of Tobruk, Sergeant Joe Gunn and his crew-"Waco" Hoyt, Fred Clarkson and Jimmy Doyle-retreat in their tank acrossthe Sahara. Along the way they pick up six Allied stragglers and Tambul, a Sudanese corporal and his Italian prisoner. Tambul directs the groupto a desert fortress, where they hope to find desperately needed water. A detachment of German soldiers arrives and attempts to barter food for water,but Gunn and his followers refuse. When the Germans attack, Gunn leads his desert-weary men in a desperate battle, hoping that British reinforcements canarrive in time.