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The Desert Fox is a 1951 American biographical war film from 20th Century Fox about the role of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in World War II. It stars James Mason in the title role, was directed by Henry Hathaway, and was based on the book Rommel: The Desert Fox by Brigadier Desmond Young, who served in the British Indian Army in North Africa.
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel: Directed by Henry Hathaway. With James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler. The story of the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel.
- (6.8K)
- Biography, Drama, War
- Henry Hathaway
- 1951-10-17
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
Rommel: The Desert Fox is a 1950 biography of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by Desmond Young. The book was the first biography of Rommel and enjoyed immense popularity, especially in Britain.
- Desmond Young
- 1944
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The 1951 biopic The Desert Fox, also known as Rommel, Desert Fox or The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, was written and produced by Nunnally Johnson, and directed by Henry Hathaway, in a restrained docu-drama style.
The Desert Fox is a 1951 biographical film about Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in the later stages of the Second World War. It stars James Mason in the title role, was directed by Henry Hathaway, and was based on the book Rommel by Brigadier Desmond Young, who served in the Indian Army in North Africa.
