"THE STAR OF "CASABLANCA" IN THE WAR'S MIGHIEST ADVENTURE DRAMA!"

Sahara is one of the best World War II movies made during the war. It has a very simple yet action packed plot that keeps your interest throughout. It also stars one of the greatest movie stars of all times.

Joe is a tank commander fleeing across the North Africa desert with two other Americans in their tank. Along the way they pick up some British soldiers and a lone French one. Later they come across a British Sudanese and his Italian prisoner. Lastly they capture a Nazi pilot after shooting his plane down. With the Sudanese leading them, they find an old abandoned fort with a slow running well. The Nazi's soon catch up to them and they battle for the water and their lives.

Many Hollywood films made during this time were sheer propaganda for the war effort. Sahara is no exception. It makes several relevant points for the time. The first obvious one is that it takes an international coalition of allies to defeat the Nazi's. The second is to acknowledge sacrifice for a greater good. So many young Americans had died those first few years of the war and this movie, along with many others like it, were probably therapy for many people.

So many movies today want to shove their politics down our throats. They can do it all they want, but they need to take a lesson from such films as Sahara. First and foremost, the movie has to be entertaining. If the political statements over shadow the movie then all is for nought. Bogie's last line in the movie is a bit over the top, but I sure bet the audiences in 1943 felt it where it counts.

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