4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 12, 2020

The opening crawl of Zoltan Korda’s Sahara sets the scene, though contemporary audiences were probably already well aware of current events. This war film details the exploits of members of the Armored Corps of the Army Ground Forces. In June 1942 an American detachment joined British forces   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on September 20, 2014

Sahara Directed by Zoltan Korda Written by John Howard Lawson, Zoltan Korda, and James O’Hanlon based on an incident in the Soviet Photoplay, “The Thirteen” 1943/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Made almost contemporaneous with the events surrounding   read more

Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on January 12, 2011

Waco Hoyt: “ I see you whittled them down a bit.” Sgt. Joe Gunn: “Yeah…they whittled us down too.” Sahara (1943 Columbia) is a hard, tough WWII movie set in the Sahara Desert of Northern Africa, with Humphrey Bogart as the leading star. Bogart plays tank commander   read more