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The Desert Fox

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on BBC Two England

Biographical war drama, and the second in a double bill of films starring James Mason
With his troops in retreat in the North African desert, Reid Marshal Erwin Rommel is relieved of his duties and returns to Germany. While convalescing, he is asked to help plot the assassination of Hitler.
(1951, PG)
(Black and white) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 54-61 ***

Contributors

Director:
Henry Hathaway
Erwin Rommel:
James Mason
Dr Karl Strolin:
Cedric Hardwicke
Frau Rommel:
Jessica Tandy
Hitler:
Luther Adler
General Burgdorf:
Everett Sloane
Source: Radio Times

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