The Desert Rats (1953) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Robert Wise.

Cast

• Richard Burton as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
• James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
• Robert Newton as Tom Bartlett
• Robert Douglas as General
• Torin Thatcher as Col. Barney White
• Chips Rafferty as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
• Charles Tingwell as Lt. Harry Carstairs
• Charles Davis as Pete
• Ben Wright as Mick
• Patrick Aherne as English Officer (uncredited)
• John Alderson as Corporal (uncredited)
• Frank Baker as British Officer (uncredited)
• John Blackburn as Sergeant (uncredited)
• Robert Boon as German Lieutenant (uncredited)
• Frederic Brunn as German Gunner (uncredited)
• Arthur Brunner as German Radio Man (uncredited)
• Paul Busch as German Orderly (uncredited)
• Paul Cavanagh as Colonel (uncredited)
• Frank Chase as Commando (uncredited)
• Tony Christian as German Sentry (uncredited)
• Nicolas Coster as Medic (uncredited)
• Noel Drayton as Captain (uncredited)
• Harold Dyrenforth as Observer (uncredited)
• Charles B. Fitzsimons as Fire Officer (uncredited)
• John Fraser as Artillery Man (uncredited)
• Arno Frey as Kramm (uncredited)
• Ray Harden as Hugh (uncredited)
• Charles Keane as Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited)
• Lester Matthews as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
• Gavin Muir as Captain (uncredited)
• James O'Hara as Communications Man (uncredited)
• John O'Malley as Riley (uncredited)
• Patrick O'Moore as Jim (uncredited)
• Peter Ortiz as Wireman (uncredited)
• Michael Pate as Capt. Currie (uncredited)
• Richard Peel as Rusty (uncredited)
• Guy Prescott as Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited)
• Jack Raine as C.I.C. (uncredited)
• Otto Reichow as Gunner (uncredited)
• Michael Rennie as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

• Richard Murphy — Writer
• Robert Wise — Director
• Leigh Harline — Original Music Composer
• Lucien Ballard — Director of Photography
• Robert L. Jacks — Producer

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