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Cast and crew credits for desert rats, 1988, directed by tony wharmby, with scott plank, scott paulin, mark thomas miller, at turner classic movies. The desert rats, nickname for the british 7th armoured division, later applied to the british eighth army of which the division was a part. The desert rats is a 1953 american blackandwhite war film from 20th century fox, produced by robert l. Series pilot about a local rebel who is appointed sheriff of a small arizona town. Its just a bunch of us old farts down here in mesa arizona gods little waiting room going through our second childhood, as we cruise the desert and mountains, stopping a. The 7th armoured division was then withdrawn from the front line and held in reserve. The film, the desert rats 1953, centers around the siege of tobruk, a port in libya.
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