The Desert Fox

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The Desert Fox ★★★ Rommel—Desert Fox 1951

Big-budgeted portrait of German Army Field Marshal Rommel, played by Mason, focuses on the soldier's defeat in Africa during WWII and his subsequent, disillusioned return to Hitler's Germany. Mason played Rommel again in 1953's “Desert Rats.” 87m/B VHS, DVD . James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler; D: Henry Hathaway.

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