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Abstract LONDON, April 26 (A.A.P.).—London Sunday newspapers generally praise the Hollywood film, "The

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Mon 27 Apr 1953 - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Page 3 - London Critics Praise "The Desert Rats"

London Critics Praise

"The Desert Rats"

LONDON, April 26
(A.A.P.).-London Sunday
newspapers generally praise
the Hollywood film, "The
Desert Rats," though, some
critics make the point that
the "Desert Rats" were not
exclusively Australians.

The "Observer" says the
film is an impressive one and
a generous tribute to British
achievement in a field of war
where the Americans took no
part.

"The Desert Rats' is con-
cerned with the hardihood and
resource of the Australian
Ninth Division, which held
Tobruk for 242 days in 1941
in the face of everything Rom-
mel could throw against it,"
the newspaper says.

The newspaper praises
Richard Burton, as the cap-
tain commanding a group of
Australians, James Mason as

Rommel, and says that Robert
Douglas as the General in
charge of operations, and
Chips Rafferty as an Austra-
lian sergeant, are helpful in
their brief appearances.

"We hardly need tell you
that the musical background
consists mainly of "Waltzing
Matilda" played by full
orchestra or mouth-organ for-
tissimo or pianissimo, fast or
slow"' it says.

The "Sunday Dispatch"
says: "Many nationalities were
involved in the heroic defend
of Tobruk, but the name of
Chips Raffeity in the cast
more than hints that it is the
Aussies who are in the lime-
light."

The "Sunday Pictorial"
says: "It is a war story that
makes you tingle wilh pride.
Seldom does Hollywood do
our Army so proud as in The
Desert Rats.' "

Article identifier: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18368077
Page identifier: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1059849
APA citation: London Critics Praise "The Desert Rats" (1953, April 27). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved August 21, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18368077
MLA citation: "London Critics Praise "The Desert Rats"" The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 27 April 1953: 3. Web. 21 Aug 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18368077>.
Harvard/Australian citation: 1953 'London Critics Praise "The Desert Rats"', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 27 April, p. 3. , viewed 21 Aug 2025, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18368077
Wikipedia citation: {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18368077 |title=London Critics Praise "The Desert Rats" |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=35,989 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 April 1953 |accessdate=21 August 2025 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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