The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
At last! The sensational best-seller comes to the screen!
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
Rated
NR
Year
1951
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
16 October 1951
TMDB
6.7 (119)
CineVerse
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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
D
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
P
Philip Ahlm
German Chauffeur
John Anderson
J
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
H
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)
P
Patrick Whyte
British Agent
H
Hal Taggart
German Staff Officer (uncredited)
Peter Forster
Commando
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