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Overall Rank: 3520
Average Rating: 2.9/4
# of Ratings: 12
Theatrical Release Date: 05/20/1953
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty
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"The Desert Rats" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 03/30/2012
A semi-sequel to The Desert Fox, The Desert Rats sees James Mason reprise his role as Field Marshal Rommel who meets his match in the form of British field officer Richard Burton during the siege of Tobruk. Mason and Burton are two of the greats of British acting and it's well worth seeing this film just to see them together, although the scene in which they meet is all too brief. In fact I'd like to have seen a lot more of Rommel who although is not as revered as in the previous film (for this one, he is the enemy after all) but is still shown as a figure to be respected. As a whole it's a rather old fashioned tale of boy's own derring-do rather than a gritty anti-war story, and if taken as such is very enjoyable. The old story of a grudging company of men learning to respect their new …
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