The Battle of El Alamein 1969
"Montgomery's Iron Back 8th Army ... Rommel's Crack Africa Korps ... they met head on and tore the earth apart !"
Overview
June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!
Director: Giorgio Ferroni
Cast
Frederick Stafford
Giorgio Borri
Enrico Maria Salerno
Claudio Borri
George Hilton
Lieutenant Graham
Robert Hossein
Erwin Rommel
Michael Rennie
Bernard Law Montgomery
Giuseppe Castellano
Sal Borgese
Private Kapow
Nello Pazzafini
Italian Sergeant
Riccardo Pizzuti
Private Jailbird
Gérard Herter
General Schwartz