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.
Acting
Bogart's weary authority—nobody does 'tired hero' better.
Cinematography
Actual California desert standing in for Libya, gloriously unforgiving.
Writing
Screenplay by John Howard Lawson, later blacklisted for this exact humanism.
Director
Zoltan Korda
Humphrey Bogart
Sgt. Joe Gunn
Bruce Bennett
Waco Hoyt
J. Carrol Naish
Giuseppe
Lloyd Bridges
Fred Clarkson
Rex Ingram
Sgt. Maj. Tambul
Richard Aherne
Capt. Jason Halliday
Dan Duryea
Jimmy Doyle
Carl Harbord
Marty Williams
Patrick O'Moore
Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates
Kurt Kreuger
Capt. von Schletow
John Wengraf
Maj. von Falken
Louis Adlon
Soldier (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sahara was rushed into production in 1943 specifically to capitalize on Allied momentum in North Africa; the real Battle of El Alamein had ended just months before filming.
The tank 'Lulu Belle' was a modified M3 Lee that Bogart reportedly hated driving because the interior hit 130°F—method acting before method acting existed.
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