steve_b_wales Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Here's one that I hope can be answered. In work the other night, we were talking about films, and a colleague mentioned about a war film, where the British were in the desert, and, to fool the German's into surrendering, (they were in the distance) they pretended that they had plenty of water by simulating having a shower. What was the film called? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 i remember it well...........they were pretending to have a shower but the water was falling back into a bowl....they were at an old oasis / fort that was reputed to have water...but it had none ..so they had to make do with their own meague supplies...they were out gunned by the germans ..but the germans didnt know that so they worked on a war of atrition ..........sorry cant remember the name tho' fat lot of good i am... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del.gue Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Sahara??? Humphrey Bogart (1943). Think it was remade later with James Belushi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted September 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 i remember it well...........they were pretending to have a shower but the water was falling back into a bowl....they were at an old oasis / fort that was reputed to have water...but it had none ..so they had to make do with their own meague supplies...they were out gunned by the germans ..but the germans didnt know that so they worked on a war of atrition ..........sorry cant remember the name tho' fat lot of good i am... That's the one! Sahara??? Humphrey Bogart (1943). Think it was remade later with James Belushi A quick Google Search and you were right. It was a remake starring James Belushi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) That's the one! why do you have to pick problems like this at the end of the day.............its going to rot my brain now...think it was made in the early 1960's...2 or 3 famous character actors in it....... .....why are you doing this to me ....us... remembered some more now.....they had plenty of grenades...and fooled the germans into thinking they had motars...and rigged something up.... am i on the right track ? Edited September 2, 2016 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted September 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 why do you have to pick problems like this at the end of the day.............its going to rot my brain now...think it was made in the early 1960's...2 or 3 famous character actors in it....... .....why are you doing this to me ....us... remembered some more now.....they had plenty of grenades...and fooled the germans into thinking they had motars...and rigged something up.... am i on the right track ? See post #4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del.gue Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Im quite sad...i have lots of old film books...that i got as a kid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dob Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Man that's weird ,I was thinking about that scene from that film the other day when I was working on a roof in the blazing sun and I wondered what the film was called , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Ice cold in Alex is on again next week, if you look closely in the closing seconds of film, as Van der Poel is driven away by MP s in the back ground is a series one landrover. Still a great film, may watch again, great for building up a thirst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony1 Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Is it five graves to Cairo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 See post #4 cant remember humprey bogart being in it............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted September 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 cant remember humprey bogart being in it............. That was the original. The remake starred James Belushi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boromir Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 is that the one that a grenade falls into the empty well and explodes then the well is full up with water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Didn't the Germans want to swap guns with the British for water if i remember rightly ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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