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James Mason in The Desert Fox

on BBC One London

continuing a season of films starring one of Britain's most urbane and versatile screen actors. Today with Cedric Hardwicke
Jessica Tandy and Luther Adler After the defeat at
El Alamein in 1942, Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel , the 'Desert Fox', is relieved of his command and returns to
Germany. He is asked to join a group of officers planning to assassinate Hitler, and suddenly he finds himself faced with an agonising choice - between his duty as a soldier and as a German.
James Mason gives one of his greatest performances as the master of desert warfare.
Screenplay by NUNNALLY JOHNSON Based on the biography of BRIGADIER DESMOND YOUNG. MC
Produced by NUNNALLY JOHNSON Directed by HENRY HATHAWAY
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Contributors

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Cedric Hardwicke
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Jessica Tandy
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Luther Adler
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El Alamein
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Erwin Rommel
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James Mason
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Nunnally Johnson
Produced By:
Nunnally Johnson
Directed By:
Henry Hathaway
Rommel:
James Mason
Dr Karl Strolin:
Cedric Hardwicke
Frau Rommel:
Jessica Tandy
Hitler:
Luther Adler
Burgdorf:
Everett Sloane
Von Rundstedt:
Leo G Carroll
General Fritz Bayerlein:
George MacReady
Aldinger:
Richard Boone
himself:
Desmond Young

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