SAHARA **

A nice surprise."Sahara" is a Zoltan Korda directed war film that centres on a single tank cut off from the rest of the regiment and making its way across the desert of the title with two prisoners, A German and an Italian, on board. In this respect it's a little like the later "Ice Cold in Alex". Humphrey Bogart is the tough American sergeant in charge and others in the all-male cast include Dan Duryea, Bruce Bennett, Lloyd Bridges and Rex Ingram. The prisoners are Kurt Kreuger and an Oscar-nominated J Carrol Naish. Superbly photographed, too, by Rudolph Mate, also an Oscar nominee for his work here. Not often revived but worth seeking out.