The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
At last! The sensational best-seller comes to the screen!
88 min
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
- Release date
- October 16, 1951
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Daniele Amfitheatrof
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Trailer
Cast
- James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel
- Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. Karl Strolin
- Jessica Tandy as Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
- Luther Adler as Adolf Hitler
- Everett Sloane as Gen. Wilhelm Burgdorf
- Leo G. Carroll as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
- George Macready as Gen. Fritz Bayerlein
- Richard Boone as Capt. Hermann Aldinger
- Eduard Franz as Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg
- Desmond Young as Lt. Col. Desmond Young
- Paul Cavanagh as Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
- George Nader as Commando
- Dan O'Herlihy as Commando Captain (uncredited)
- Michael Rennie as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Peter van Eyck as German Officer
- John Hoyt as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
- Philip Ahlm as German Chauffeur
- John Anderson
- Jack Baston as Gen. Alfred Jodl
- Mary Carroll as Rommel's Maid
- Steve Carruthers as Signal Man
- Robert Coote as British Medical Officer
- Don De Leo as Maj. Gen. Ernst Maisel
- Charles Evans as Gen. Schultz
- Scott Forbes as Commando Colonel (uncredited)
- John Goldsworthy as Gen. Heinrich von Stulpnagel
- Lumsden Hare as Doctor
- Walter Kingsford as Vice-Adm. Friedrich Ruge
- Paul Kruger as German Colonel
- George Lynn as German Lieutenant
Crew
- Henry Hathaway · Director
- Nunnally Johnson · Writer
- Desmond Young · Writer
- Nunnally Johnson · Producer
- Daniele Amfitheatrof · Composer
- Norbert Brodine · Cinematographer
- James B. Clark · Editor