The Desert Rats (1953)
Oh, Richard Burton looks good in a uniform, his face a little sweaty and his cap tilted on his brow, conflicted about giving an order to his troops. He looks so very good. That’s pretty much the only reason why I sat through The Desert Rats, and probably why he made eight wartime movies after this one.
The Desert Rats isn’t a spectacular war movie. It isn’t bloody, it isn’t particularly exciting, and it doesn’t really have any plot outside the battlefield. Mostly, it’s about the strategy Richard Burton, his superiors, and his troops employ in order to stay alive in the middle of the desert before reinforcements can help them. One touching side-story in the film is when Richard Burton runs into Robert Newton among the reinforcements. Bobbie is his former teacher and isn’t doing very well, so Richard treats him with more tenderness than the other soldiers. If you’re a Bobbie Newton fan, you’ll probably want to watch this movie, as he is given the most acting to do, and as usual, he does not disappoint. James Mason plays a German bad guy, but he’s only given a few scenes, so if it’s a James Mason performance you’re after, skip this one. And if you’re not really interested in strategy, you can also skip this one. Unless, that is, you want to look at Richard Burton in a uniform.
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The Desert Rats isn’t a spectacular war movie. It isn’t bloody, it isn’t particularly exciting, and it doesn’t really have any plot outside the battlefield. Mostly, it’s about the strategy Richard Burton, his superiors, and his troops employ in order to stay alive in the middle of the desert before reinforcements can help them. One touching side-story in the film is when Richard Burton runs into Robert Newton among the reinforcements. Bobbie is his former teacher and isn’t doing very well, so Richard treats him with more tenderness than the other soldiers. If you’re a Bobbie Newton fan, you’ll probably want to watch this movie, as he is given the most acting to do, and as usual, he does not disappoint. James Mason plays a German bad guy, but he’s only given a few scenes, so if it’s a James Mason performance you’re after, skip this one. And if you’re not really interested in strategy, you can also skip this one. Unless, that is, you want to look at Richard Burton in a uniform.
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "medo alfareas" for posting!
More Richard Burton movies here!
More James Mason movies here!
More Robert Newton movies here!