The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
October 16, 1951
88 minutes
6.7
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

Trailer
Cast
James Mason
(Field Marshal Erwin Rommel)
Cedric Hardwicke
(Dr. Karl Strolin)
Jessica Tandy
(Frau Lucie Marie Rommel)
Luther Adler
(Adolf Hitler)
Everett Sloane
(Gen. Wilhelm Burgdorf)
Leo G. Carroll
(Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt)
George Macready
(Gen. Fritz Bayerlein)
Richard Boone
(Capt. Hermann Aldinger)
Eduard Franz
(Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg)
Desmond Young
(Lt. Colonel Desmond Young)
Paul Cavanagh
(Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker)
George Nader
(Commando)
Dan O'Herlihy
(Commando Captain (uncredited))
Michael Rennie
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Peter van Eyck
(German Officer)
John Hoyt
(Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel)
Philip Ahlm
(German Chauffeur)
John Anderson
()
Jack Baston
(Gen. Alfred Jodl)
Mary Carroll
(Rommel's Maid)
Steve Carruthers
(Signal Man)
Robert Coote
(British Medical Officer)
Don De Leo
(Maj. Gen. Ernst Maisel)
Charles Evans
(Gen. Schultz)
Scott Forbes
(Commando Colonel (uncredited))
John Goldsworthy
(Gen. Heinrich von Stulpnagel)
Lumsden Hare
(Doctor)
Walter Kingsford
(Vice-Adm. Friedrich Ruge)
Paul Kruger
(German Colonel)
George Lynn
(German Lieutenant)
Lester Matthews
(British Officer (uncredited))
Sean McClory
(Jock)
Hans Moebus
(Surgeon)
Fred Nurney
(German Colonel)
William Reynolds
(Manfred Rommel (uncredited))
Ivan Triesault
(German Major)
Philip Van Zandt
(SS Man at Hospital (uncredited))
John Vosper
(Maj. Walker)
Carleton Young
(German Staff Officer (uncredited))
George S. Patton
(Self (archive footage))
Patrick Whyte
(British Agent)
Hal Taggart
(German Staff Officer (uncredited))
Peter Forster
(Commando)