Where to Watch The Desert Rats Online

Looking to feast your eyes on 'The Desert Rats' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Robert Wise-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Desert Rats' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'The Desert Rats' right now, here are some finer points about the 20th Century Fox war flick.

Released May 20th, 1953, 'The Desert Rats' stars Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a user score of 62 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 88 well-known users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces."

'The Desert Rats' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Vudu, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, and Microsoft Store .