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It was 1943 and the United States was at war. Humphrey Bogart had honest finished “Casablanca” (considered the #2nd greatest Movie of the last 100 years by the American Film Institute (AFI) 1998) with Ingrid Bergman at Warner Brothers.
As the war exertion continued Hollywood began to spend the power of their stars with patriotic themes, against all odds stories to give Americans and the world hope for victory.
Warner Brothers having the greatest stable of stars lent the services of Humphrey Bogart to Columbia Pictures for the making of the Classic Desert War fable “Sahara”.
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This movie had a large ensemble cast which included a very young Llyod Bridges, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish and Dan Duryea. Filmed in the Mojave Desert come the mountainous Salton Sea in Southern California. The filmed was endorsed by the War Department and the extras were supplied by the United States Army (playing the Germans, Americans and Allies) .
“SAHARA” became Columbia Pictures top grossing film of 1943 at a whopping $2.3 million and a very effective propaganda war vehicle.
Summary: Sgt Joe Gunn (Bogart) a WWII tank Commander and his crew (Bennett & Duryea) are surrounded by Germans in the Sahara desert. Their only speed is south into the desert with only their tank “Lullabelle”. The accelerate is against time, finding gas, water & their allies before the Germans net them.
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This DVD quality is outstanding!! (remasterd video & audio.) FullScreen (before Widescreen) and Black/White presentation. Extras include a record montage of unique lobby poster art, trailers from other WWII movies and star film chronoligies.
This is a “WWII Sleeper Classic Bogart Film”. Bogart is a master craftsman, an American Icon Hero. You become very attached to this cast of desert marooned characters in a enormous account about unsummountable odds and the pure devoted attitude to succeed!! Indulge In.
If anyone wants to gape how effective a WWII propaganda movie can be, I’d recommend Sahara. It’s the legend of a miniature group of Allied soldiers, led by Sergeant Joe Gunn (Humphrey Bogart), lost in the Libyan desert, who are distinct to defend a tiny outpost against a battalion of Germans. The outpost has a well, but the well is almost dry. It produces only drops of water. Joe and his comrades will consume the promise of water to delay the Germans, fighting them off in an almost hopeless battle, to give the Allies after the tumble of Tobruk a chance to regroup. Please trace that elements of the residence are discussed.
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Sahara hits its marks to regain all of us civilians attend home a reason to be proud of our fighting men, to be resolute in the fight against the Germans, and to dedicate ourselves to do what we must to secure. Let’s scrutinize. We’ve got Humphrey Bogart leading us. His Joe Gunn is sympathetic, tough and luminous, a natural leader, and at heart Gunn is fair an average guy. The men he winds up leading are his tank crew and a collection of men from other countries he encounters in the desert. They arrive from Brooklyn, of course, and from Texas, from London, South Africa, Dublin, France, the Sudan. We have the dark Sudanese portrayed as a resourceful and valorous man, not as comedy relief, who not only develops a friendship with the Texan but who twice saves the day for his comrades. We have an Italian prisoner who represents an Italy which is oppressed by the Germans, and a Nazi prisoner who is arrogant and vicious. We have a battle in which ingenuity and bravery manage to beget off brutal frontal attacks. We have qualified men dying for a cause which is larger than they are. And we have two smooth but effective speeches which place why we fight and why the fight is worth the cost.
Sergeant Gunn calls everyone together in the blazing sun unbiased outside the mud-brick outpost to elaborate what he wants to do against the oncoming battalion of Germans. He intends that they will fight to occupy off and delay the enemy. He has fewer than ten men. The Germans have several hundred. “I examine at it this intention,” he tells the group. “Because it is a 100-to-one shot, because it is so noteworthy more than line-of-duty, because there’s so exiguous chance of us coming out of it, I felt I ought to set aside it up to you. You’ve all got families at home, wives, mothers, sweethearts. I ain’t got none, so it doesn’t matter about me. I know how you feel about ‘em…maybe havin’ none I know even better. What you resolve, you’d better choose swiftly.” One British soldier speaks up, “Well, nobody minds giving his life, but this is throwing it away. Why? ” “Why? ” Joe answers, “Why did your people go about their business when the Germans were throwing everything in the book at ‘em? Why did your limited boats capture the men off the beach at Dunkirk? Why did the Russians execute a stand at Moscow? Why did the Chinese proceed whole cities thousands of miles inland when the Japs attacked ‘em? Why Bataan? Why Corregidor? Maybe they were all nuts but there’s one thing they did do. They delayed the enemy and kept on delayin’ ‘em until we got strong enough to hit ‘em harder than they were hittin’ us. I ain’t no general, but it seems to me that’s one method to gather.”
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Joe and the others open digging in. They only have a few hours before the Germans, with no water of their absorb, approach. Joe bluffs the German commander. “Water for guns!” He knows they won’t give in, and he knows he has almost no water himself. The Germans attack and maintain attacking. One by one, Joe’s men die. The lone British officer, a medical man who has backed Joe up, is with Joe in a shallow trench. “We’ve got to do it,” Joe tells Doc. He sounds tired. “It looks like somebody’s gotta work a miracle.” Doc looks at him. “It seems to me,” he tells Joe, “the four of us holding off several hundred of them is nothing short of a miracle. You know why we’re able to do it? Because we’re stronger than they are.” Joe looks at him. “What do you mean, stronger? ” he asks. “Oh, I don’t mean in numbers,” Doc says, “I mean in something else. You glimpse, those men out there have never known…well, the dignity of freedom.” “Dignity? That’s a droll plot to achieve it,” Joe says, “but maybe you got something there.” “We’ve all got something,” Doc says quietly.
Soon, we’re down to two men. Then that miracle happens. Peer the movie and get out. Yes, the speeches are positive, but they work in the context of the movie. The first third is Joe, his tank and his crew, trying to catch their draw serve to their lines and slowly gathering up the others. They are attacked by a German fighter and have to retain appealing through a scouring sandstorm. The middle of the film is spent watching their struggle to regain the few drops of water coming from the well. More importantly, now we rep to know most of the men as individuals. We also earn to know objective how perilous the Nazi prisoner is. And the last third is a rouser…the preparation for what appears to be a hopeless battle, the dedication of the men as they fight and die, and then the final victory.
For a film that isn’t especially well known, this is, in my idea, one of Bogart’s best roles. There’s no counterfeit heroics about Joe Gunn. He’s unprejudiced a gritty sergeant who rises to the occasion. With the exception of J. Carrol Naish, who gives one of his over-played little-man Italian performances, the actors all do gorgeous jobs. I particularly liked Dan Duryea, Rex Ingram and Louis Mercier. One other opinion. If you’re ever in a battle, never reveal your pals a photo of your sweetheart or your child. You’ll soon be humdrum if you do.
The DVD transfer is fair blooming. There are no principal extras.
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