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Tobruk Overview:

Tobruk (1967) was a War - Drama Film directed by Arthur Hiller and produced by Gene Corman.

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Tobruk Quotes:

Cheryl Portman: "Mohnfeld"... Odd name for a German officer?
Lt. Max Mohnfeld: [confused] We can't *all* be named *Schmidt*, Fraulein Portman.
Captain Berghman: Sorry, we have no tea. Perhaps you'll settle for chocolate.
Major Craig: Very British of you, Major.
Major Craig: We got two chances: a poor one and a slim one.
Major Craig: My mother didn't raise any heroes.
Major Craig: A dead martyr is just another corpse!
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Tobruk Facts
American M3 halftracks, with skillfully altered bodies, impersonate German SdKfz 7's, which were much larger machines.
Technical advice and assistance for the film were provided by the 40th Armored Division ("Grizzly") of the California Army National Guard.
The part of Colonel Harker was offered to Dirk Bogarde, who passed.
Actor Leo Gordon was also the screenwriter and had spent most of his career playing murderous outlaws, homicidal killers and assorted brutish and psychotic villains. His role here of Sgt. Krug was one of the few times he actually played a good guy.
Portions of the film were edited into the 1971 Richard Burton film Raid on Rommel.
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