The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951ActionDramaHistory88 mins

Plot

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

  • Henry Hathaway

    Director

  • Nunnally Johnson

    Screenplay

  • Norbert Brodine

    Director of Photography

  • James B. Clark

    Editor

  • 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)

  • Runtime

    88 minutes

    Released

    1951-10-16

    Languages

    English

    Deutsch

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    20th Century Fox

    Updated

    142 days ago

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