The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Henry Hathaway.

Cast

• James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
• Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. Karl Strolin
• Jessica Tandy as Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
• Luther Adler as Adolf Hitler
• Everett Sloane as Gen. Wilhelm Burgdorf
• Leo G. Carroll as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
• George Macready as Gen. Fritz Bayerlein
• Richard Boone as Capt. Hermann Aldinger
• Eduard Franz as Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg
• Desmond Young as Lt. Colonel Desmond Young
• Paul Cavanagh as Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
• George Nader as Commando
• Dan O'Herlihy as Commando Captain (uncredited)
• Michael Rennie as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Peter van Eyck as German Officer
• John Hoyt as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
• Philip Ahlm as German Chauffeur
• John Anderson
• Jack Baston as Gen. Alfred Jodl
• Mary Carroll as Rommel's Maid
• Steve Carruthers as Signal Man
• Robert Coote as British Medical Officer
• Don De Leo as Maj. Gen. Ernst Maisel
• Charles Evans as Gen. Schultz
• Scott Forbes as Commando Colonel (uncredited)
• John Goldsworthy as Gen. Heinrich von Stulpnagel
• Lumsden Hare as Doctor
• Walter Kingsford as Vice-Adm. Friedrich Ruge
• Paul Kruger as German Colonel
• George Lynn as German Lieutenant
• Lester Matthews as British Officer (uncredited)
• Sean McClory as Jock
• Hans Moebus as Surgeon
• Fred Nurney as German Colonel
• William Reynolds as Manfred Rommel (uncredited)
• Ivan Triesault as German Major
• Philip Van Zandt as SS Man at Hospital (uncredited)
• John Vosper as Maj. Walker
• Carleton Young as German Staff Officer (uncredited)
• George S. Patton as Self (archive footage)

Crew

• Henry Hathaway — Director
• Nunnally Johnson — Screenplay
• Norbert Brodine — Director of Photography
• Nunnally Johnson — Producer

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