Review of Raid on Rommel (1971) by Rosco B — 12 Apr 2013

Me and my best pal at primary school were obsessed with WWII tales of derring-do and lapped this up one afternoon in the school holidays when it was on telly. Apparantly made for TV originally, it stars typically sour-faced Dick Burton (revisiting the familiar ground of "The Desert Rats") leading the pre-requisite rag-tag team on an attack on Tobruk.

In fact, just about all the action shots were nicked from the Rock Hudson movie "Tobruk" from a few years earlier. Despite the obvious shortcomings it has a few memorable bits, lots of (second-hand) explosions and the enviable bonus of a scene with Dick Burton going apes**t with a flame-thrower.

And as for the cliffhanging climax; we all love a good old ambiguous ending,don't we?!