The Desert Rats (1953)

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Synopsis
The Desert Rats was a quickly assembled follow-up to 20th Century-Fox's successful war film The Desert Fox. Richard Burton plays an officer in the British Eighth Army, battling Rommel's forces in defense of Tobruk. Put in charge of an Australian unit, Burton rides his men ruthlessly, with laudatory results. He is briefly captured by the Nazis and questioned by General Rommel himself, but Burton escapes to lead his surviving troops to safety. James Mason, who portrayed Rommel in The Desert Fox, makes a guest appearance in the same role in The Desert Rats. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

John Alderson	Corporal
Robert Douglas	General
Charles Fitzsimmons	Fire Officer
Arno Frey	Kramm
Ray Harden	Hugh
Charles R. Keane	Sgt. Donaldson
James Lilburn	Communications
Robert Newton	Bartlett
John O'Malley	Riley
Pat O'Moore	Jim
Richard Peel	Rusty
Frank Pulaski	Maj. O'Rourke
Chips Rafferty	Smith
Torin Thatcher	Barney
Charles "Bud" Tingwell	Lt. Carstairs
John Wengraf	German Doctor
Ben Wright	Mick
Richard Burton	Capt. MacRoberts
Charles Davis	Pete
James Mason	Rommel
Michael Pate	Captain Currie
John O'Malley	Riley

Production Crew

Addison Hehr	Art Director
Lyle Wheeler	Art Director
Lucien Ballard	Cinematographer
Alfred Newman	Composer (Music Score)
Leigh Harline	Composer (Music Score)
Robert Wise	Director
Barbara McLean	Editor
Robert L. Jacks	Producer
Richard Murphy	Screenwriter
Ray Kellogg	Special Effects

Genre
War

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