Rex Ingram

Stigmatised from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

An M3 Lee tank picks up soldiers from various countries on its way to retreat south into the Sahara desert. There is no water in the tank and they must find water to survive.