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The Desert Rats is a 1953 war film starring Richard Burton and Robert Douglas directed by Robert Wise. It features a cameo appearance by James Mason as General Erwin Rommel. In mid-Apr 1941, during World War II, Germany's Afrika Korps, led by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, has repeatedly beaten the Allies in the struggle for control of North Africa. Desperate to prevent Rommel from gaining control of the Suez Canal, the British Army, in retreat and trying to rebuild its strength, establishes one... full article at wikipedia
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  • May 8, 1953
Tagline
  • They crawled their way across the blazing sands of Africa... to turn disaster into victory!
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  • 88.0min
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initial release date
  • Oct 17, 1951
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Netflix ID
  • 60011092
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Created by Metaweb Oct 24, 2006
Last edited by merge_bot Jun 4, 2008
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