Bitter Victory (1957)
A decent if unspectacular war drama about a mission by British troops to steal Rommel's battle plans during the Libya campaign in WWII.
After a fairly slow opening forty minutes things pick up considerably but there's a dearth of action and the usual 'soldiers in the desert' tropes pop up - lack of water, poisoned wells, cowardly officers, sand storms.
Whilst stars Richard Burton and Curt Jurgens are good in a strong central conflict and Christopher Lee has a decent co-star role the lack of any real action or German threat keeps this mostly on the mediocre side although it should be noted that some of director Nicholas Ray's compositions are beautiful examples of cinema.
For far superior desert war films try the following years Sea of Sand and the Bogart classic Sahara (1943).
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