Sea of Sand is a 1958 war film starring Michael Craig, John Gregson and Richard Attenborough. Other actors featured include Barry Foster and Harold Goodwin.
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 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 in the film 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 (Tommy Gun).
A small British army team is sent to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign. Whilst they are there they spot a large number of tanks and realise that army intelligence must be informed or some Tommies are going to be in for a nasty surprise. The Germans are equally determined that they should not reach their base, and a tense chase across the desert is the result. Written by Mark Thompson
