The Desert Fox Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 6159

Average Rating: 2.7/4

# of Ratings: 17

Theatrical Release Date: 10/17/1951

Language: English

Genre: Action, Biography

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Henry Hathaway

Actors: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler, Everett Sloane, Richard Boone

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"The Desert Fox" by Yojimbo

Yojimbo - wrote on 02/12/2012

The first of two appearances by James Mason in one of his defining roles as Erwin Rommel, telling the story of his life from hero of the third reich through to his eventual disillusionment with Hitler and involvement in the plot on his life. No doubt inspired by Churchill's wartime tribute to the man, The Desert Fox is an acknowledgement of the skill and integrity of one of the world's greatest military tacticians which takes great pains to distance him from Hitler and the Nazi party. It is a typically romantic British attempt to be graceful in victory and is clearly meant as an attempt at reconciliation with Germany and its people; the story vehemently shows that Rommel and many of his colleagues were merely professional soldiers doing their duty to their country, unwillingly following …

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