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Sahara (Columbia) is a preposterous melodrama about Humphrey Bogart, nine other heroes and a derelict tank; it is also a triumphant combination of first-rate entertainment, intelligent cinematics, and an unusual amount of honesty about war. It mixes these ingredients in a much-used shaker, according to the old Lost Patrol formula...
...tank named Lulubelle is isolated during Rommel's African heyday. Under Humphrey Bogart's command, it staggers southward through sand and heat. Fuel and water run short. The crew picks up first a mixed batch of English and Empire men, later a Sudanese soldier (Rex Ingram) and his Italian prisoner (J. Carrol Naish), finally an arrogant young Nazi ace (Kurt Krueger). Half dead with thirst, this military mixed grill at last reaches an abandoned well, finds a choked dribble of water. There, as they die off one by one, the Allied men manage through a series of improbable...
...Humphrey Bogart is the only well-known actor in the picture. To say that he is as good as the rest of the cast is high praise. Even the extras, for once, look like soldiers. Reason: they are soldiers who were training at Camp Young, Calif., near which the picture was made. Other members of the cast notable for their light, incisive realism are Kurt Krueger as the cold Nazi ace, Rex Ingram as the dignified Sudanese, John Wengraf as a treacherous Nazi major, Richard Nugent as a British doctor, Carl Harbord as an English ex-typesetter who likes poetry...
...action starts with the rush into Oklahoma when it was opened for settlement. James Kincaid arrives at the site intended for Tulsa City only to find that Bogart had jumped the gun and had already staked the claim. Bogart, however, gladly relinquishes his claim in return for the gambling rights of the city. The evil monster thrives in Tulsa and practically controls the city...
...power on the side of law and order. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bad men fall right and left before the Kid's guns. Cagney turns out to be Kincaid's son. The other son fiddles with legal procedures while Cagney fights. Cagney naturally wins out, romantically and otherwise. Audience and Bogart both lose...