Sword in the Desert (1949)
- Directed by
- George Sherman
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of Jewish refugees try to reach Palestine in 1947. An American skipper helps them smuggle people past a British blockade.
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What happens
Sword in the Desert is a 1949 American war film directed by George Sherman. It was the first American film to deal with the 1947–1948 Israeli War of Independence and marked the first significant feature film role for Jeff Chandler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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