
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Desert Commando Raid They Wiped Off the Record Books!A Word War II drama starring Richard Burton (Academy Award nominee for Best Actor Equus 1977 & Who&s Afraid of Virginia Wolff? 1966) & Curt Jurgens (The Spy Who Loves Me) as Captain Leith & Major Brand a pair of British Army officers assigned to execute a daring commando raid on the Libyan stronghold of General Rommel Even before the mission begins the tension between the two is evident This is further exacerbated when Brand learns that Leith & his wife (Ruth Roman TV&s Knotts Landing) were once romantically involved Once the operation is underway Leith must save the day when Brand&s cowardice is revealed thus putting the mission & the lives of the men in jeopardy As they struggle through the wastes of the Sahara we learn who will live who will die & what is the price of glory