port city, hoping to steal a boat and escape; Douglas sees the fuel depot there and convinces Leech that destroying it would aid their plan. Meanwhile, Masters is confronted by Blore with aerial photographs of the supposed depot intact — confirming the mission's failure. Having lost contact with the men for some time, Masters is ordered to leak intelligence on the team to the Germans; the British Army is now on the offensive, and it wishes to keep any enemy fuel depots intact for capture. Under the cover of night, the men don German uniforms and sneak into the port depot to plant their explosives, but one of them sets off a trip flare and they are quickly surrounded; an officer on a loudspeaker calls each of them out by name, revealing Masters' betrayal. The men scatter as the depot is detonated; Leech and Douglas manage to slip away, while the rest are discovered and killed one by one. Back in the ambulance, while waiting for the rest of the men to return, the injured team member, on his deathbed, uses his last strength to murder the German nurse bound and gagged beside him. The Eighth Army arrives the next morning; Douglas and Leech (still wearing their German uniforms) decide to surrender to the British. Unfortunately, a trigger-happy British soldier opens fire, killing them before noticing their white flag of surrender. The soldier is chastised momentarily by his superior before the troops move on. Cast Michael Caine as Captain Douglas, Royal Engineers Nigel Davenport as Captain Cyril Leech Nigel Green as Lieutenant Colonel Masters Harry Andrews as Brigadier Blore Patrick Jordan as Major Alan Watkins, Guards Commando Unit Daniel Pilon as Captain Attwood, Blore's Adjutant Bernard Archard as Colonel Homerton Aly Ben Ayed as Sadok Takis Emmanouel as Kostas Manou Vivian Pickles as a German Nurse Stanley Caine as German Officer, Stanley is the younger brother of Michael Caine. Martin Burland as Dead Officer George McKeenan as Corporal At Quayside Bridget Espeet as Ann Enrique Avila as Kalarides Mohsen Ben Abdallah as Hassan Mohamed Kouka as Assine Scott Miller as Boudesh Michael Stevens as Captain Johnson Tony Stamboulieh as Barman In Arab Bar Jose Halufi as Arab Jeremy Child as 2nd Lieutenant Dennis Brennan as Corporal Rafael Albaicín as Chief Arab At Oasis Production Development The film was originally titled Written in the Sand; it was announced in October 1967