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The Desert Rats

The Desert Rats Full Cast & Crew

1953Movie"They crawled their way across the blazing sands of Africa... to turn disaster into victory!"

Cast

R
Richard Burton
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
J
James Mason
as Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
R
Robert Newton
as Tom Bartlett
R
Robert Douglas
as General
T
Torin Thatcher
as Col. Barney White
C
Chips Rafferty
as Sgt. "Blue" Smith
C
Charles Tingwell
as Lt. Harry Carstairs
C
Charles Davis
as Pete
B
Ben Wright
as Mick
P
Patrick Aherne
as English Officer (uncredited)
J
John Alderson
as Corporal (uncredited)
F
Frank Baker
as British Officer (uncredited)
J
John Blackburn
as Sergeant (uncredited)
R
Robert Boon
as German Lieutenant (uncredited)
F
Frederic Brunn
as German Gunner (uncredited)
A
Arthur Brunner
as German Radio Man (uncredited)
P
Paul Busch
as German Orderly (uncredited)
P
Paul Cavanagh
as Colonel (uncredited)
F
Frank Chase
as Commando (uncredited)
T
Tony Christian
as German Sentry (uncredited)
N
Nicolas Coster
as Medic (uncredited)
N
Noel Drayton
as Captain (uncredited)
H
Harold Dyrenforth
as Observer (uncredited)
C
Charles B. Fitzsimons
as Fire Officer (uncredited)
J
John Fraser
as Artillery Man (uncredited)
A
Arno Frey
as Kramm (uncredited)
R
Ray Harden
as Hugh (uncredited)
C
Charles Keane
as Sgt. Donaldson (uncredited)
L
Lester Matthews
as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
G
Gavin Muir
as Captain (uncredited)
J
James O'Hara
as Communications Man (uncredited)
J
John O'Malley
as Riley (uncredited)
P
Patrick O'Moore
as Jim (uncredited)
P
Peter Ortiz
as Wireman (uncredited)
M
Michael Pate
as Capt. Currie (uncredited)
R
Richard Peel
as Rusty (uncredited)
G
Guy Prescott
as Maj. O'Rourke (uncredited)
J
Jack Raine
as C.I.C. (uncredited)
O
Otto Reichow
as Gunner (uncredited)
M
Michael Rennie
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
J
Jerry Riggio
as Commando (uncredited)
P
Per Skavlan
as German Guard (uncredited)
F
Frederick Stevens
as German Major (uncredited)
G
Gilchrist Stuart
as Captain (uncredited)
A
Albert Taylor
as Jensen (uncredited)
J
John Wengraf
as German Doctor (uncredited)
A
Alfred Zeisler
as von Helmholtz (uncredited)
A
Ashley Cowan

Crew

R
Richard Murphy
Writer
R
Robert Wise
Director
L
Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
A
Alfred Bruzlin
Sound
C
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Supervisor
L
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
R
Richard Maybery
Assistant Director
R
Ray Kellogg
Special Effects
R
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
B
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
F
Fritz Ford
Stunts
A
Addison Hehr
Art Direction
L
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
R
Robert L. Jacks
Producer
F
Fred J. Rode
Set Decoration
B
Barbara McLean
Editor
A
Alfred Newman
Music Director
E
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator