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Sahara is a 1943 American black-and-white war film directed by Zoltan Korda and produced by Harry Joe Brown for Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Korda and John Howard Lawson, with cinematography by Rudolph Maté and music by Miklós Rózsa. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, J. Carrol Naish, Lloyd Bridges, and Rex Ingram. It is categorized as a war, drama, and action film.
The narrative is set in Libya during World War II. Filming took place in California. The movie has a runtime of 97 minutes. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix, with availability on video on demand and platforms such as YouTube TV. The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Academy Award for Best Sound.
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7.2In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Sgt. Joe Gunn
- Bruce Bennett as Waco Hoyt
- J. Carrol Naish as Giuseppe
- Lloyd Bridges as Fred Clarkson
- Rex Ingram as Sgt. Maj. Tambul
- Richard Aherne as Capt. Jason Halliday
Themes
- libya
- world war ii
- tank
- sergeant
- desert
- desert warfare
- 1940s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Thirteen
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Zoltan Korda
- Screenwriter
- John Howard Lawson
- Cast member
- Frederick Worlock
- Composer
- Miklós Rózsa
- Producer
- Harry Joe Brown
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Rudolph Maté
- Narrative location
- Libya
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 899096
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1943-11-11
- film editor
- Charles Nelson
- title
- Sahara
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Commons category
- Sahara (1943 American film)
- different from
- Sahara
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 92%
- box office
- 2300000
- art director
- Eugène Lourié
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