
Barefoot Gen
1983


6 votes
Three friends enlist in the Australian Army and serve in North Africa, holding the city of Tobruk against Rommel's forces.
Director
Charles ChauvelWriters
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In the real world, WWII was starting to show signs of ending and this morale-booster serves to urge that final push from the Allies to sustain that effort for just a little longer. That message is condensed into the story of three friends from Australia who have found themselves posted to fight in the desert defending Tobruk from the unstoppable Afrika Korps of Rommel. It plays a little to stereotype with the two Aussies - “Bluey” (Grant Taylor) and “Milo” (Chips Rafferty) being the typical lively, irreverent and feisty personalities whilst the plucky Brit amongst their trio is the more reserv…
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