In 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.
Sgt. Joe Gunn
Humphrey Bogart
Waco Hoyt
Bruce Bennett
Giuseppe
J. Carrol Naish
Fred Clarkson
Lloyd Bridges
Sgt. Maj. Tambul
Rex Ingram
Capt. Jason Halliday
Richard Aherne
Jimmy Doyle
Dan Duryea
Marty Williams
Carl Harbord
Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates
Patrick O'Moore
Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie'
Louis Mercier
Peter Stegman
Guy Kingsford
Capt. von Schletow
Kurt Kreuger
Maj. von Falken
John Wengraf
Soldier (uncredited)
Louis Adlon
German Private (uncredited)
Niels Bagge
Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Bonn
German Private (uncredited)
Frederic Brunn
British Soldier (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
British Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Dyne
Sniper (uncredited)
Carl Ekberg
British Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
British Officer (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
Sheik Ali (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen
British Soldier (uncredited)
Peter Lawford
British Soldier (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
Soldier (uncredited)
Anthony Marsh
Soldier (uncredited)
John Meredith
British Sergeant (uncredited)
George N. Neise
German Captain (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
Captured German Private (uncredited)
Henry Rowland
Soldier (uncredited)
John Royce
Sgt. Krause (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
German Soldier (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Sniper (uncredited)
Walter Thiele
Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Frederick Worlock
Sergeant (uncredited)
Vilmos Gyimes