The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

19511h 28mdir. Henry HathawayUnited Statesbiographical filmwar film

With James Mason, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Luther Adler, Leo G. Carroll, Everett Sloane, George Macready, Richard Boone

Directed by Henry Hathaway

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The Desert Fox (released in the United Kingdom as Rommel—Desert Fox) is a 1951 American Twentieth Century-Fox biographical war film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring James Mason in the title role of German field marshal Erwin Rommel in World War II. The script is based on the book Rommel: The Desert Fox by brigadier Desmond Young, who served in the British Indian Army in North Africa. Young portrays himself.

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