Rating: NR
Genre:
War
Release Date: 05/21/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DD1
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
The Desert Rats was a quickly assembled follow-up to 20th Century-Fox's successful war film
The Desert Fox.
Richard Burton plays an officer in the British Eighth Army, battling
Rommel's forces in defense of Tobruk. Put in charge of an Australian unit, Burton rides his men ruthlessly, with laudatory results. He is briefly captured by the Nazis and questioned by General Rommel himself, but Burton escapes to lead his surviving troops to safety.
James Mason, who portrayed Rommel in
The Desert Fox, makes a guest appearance in the same role in
The Desert Rats.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide