---
title: 'The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henry Hathaway'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-desert-fox-the-story-of-rommel-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043461/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

1951 · 88 min · War, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Desert Fox is a 1951 American Twentieth Century-Fox biographical war film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring James Mason in the title role of German field marshal Erwin Rommel in World War II. The script is based on the book Rommel: The Desert Fox by brigadier Desmond Young, who served in the British Indian Army in North Africa. Young portrays himself.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henry Hathaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-hathaway)
- **Screenplay:** [Nunnally Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunnally-johnson)
- **Producer:** [Nunnally Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunnally-johnson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Daniele Amfitheatrof](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniele-amfitheatrof)
- **Director of Photography:** [Norbert Brodine](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-brodine)
- **Editor:** [James B. Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-b-clark)

## Cast

- [Eduard Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-franz)
- [Lester Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-matthews)
- [John Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hoyt)
- [Luther Adler](https://cinepixo.com/people/luther-adler)
- [Richard Boone](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-boone)
- [John Alderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-alderson)
- [Jessica Tandy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-tandy)
- [Everett Sloane](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-sloane)
- [Michael Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rennie)
- [George Macready](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-macready)
- [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare)
- [Desmond Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/desmond-young)
- [Robert Coote](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-coote)
- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke)
- [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason)

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