Sea of Sand

Sea of Sand is a 1958 war film starring Michael Craig, John Gregson and Richard Attenborough. Other actors featured include Barry Foster, Vincent Ball, Harold Goodwin, Ray McAnally and Percy Herbert. Directed by Guy Green and written by Robert Westerby, the film is set in North Africa during World War II and tells the story of a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), commandos who drove long distances behind enemy lines in the fight agains... more

Sea of Sand is a 1958 war film starring Michael Craig, John Gregson and Richard Attenborough. Other actors featured include Barry Foster, Vincent Ball, Harold Goodwin, Ray McAnally and Percy Herbert. Directed by Guy Green and written by Robert Westerby, the film is set in North Africa during World War II and tells the story of a patrol of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), commandos who drove long distances behind enemy lines in the fight against Rommel's Afrika Korps. The film's technical advisor was Bill Kennedy Shaw, who served as the group's intelligence officer during the desert campaign. The score was by Clifton Parker and was performed by the Sinfonia of London under the musical direction of Muir Mathieson. Many consider it to be a fairly accurate description of a typical LRDG patrol. One glaring mistake however is the troops' use of Sten guns which were never issued to or used by LRDG, who used either the SMLE .303 or the Thompson submachine gun. It was filmed entirely in... less