---
title: 'The Desert Rats (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Wise'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-desert-rats-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045679/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Desert Rats (1953)

1953 · 88 min · Drama, War, Action · United States


## Synopsis

The Desert Rats is a 1953 American black-and-white war film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Robert L. Jacks, directed by Robert Wise, starring Richard Burton, James Mason, and Robert Newton. The film's storyline concerns the Siege of Tobruk in 1941 North Africa during World War II.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-murphy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leigh Harline](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-harline)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Ballard](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-ballard)
- **Editor:** [Barbara McLean](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-mclean)

## Cast

- [Robert Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-douglas)
- [Michael Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rennie)
- [Nicolas Coster](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-coster)
- [John Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-fraser)
- [Patrick O'Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-o-moore)
- [Lester Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-matthews)
- [Michael Pate](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-pate)
- [John Alderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-alderson)
- [Richard Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-burton)
- [Robert Newton](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-newton)
- [Alfred Zeisler](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-zeisler)
- [John Wengraf](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wengraf)
- [Torin Thatcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/torin-thatcher)
- [Ben Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-wright)
- [Bud Tingwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/bud-tingwell)

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