Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Desert Rats (1953)

Desert Rats, The - (Original Trailer)

A desperate band of Allied soldiers fights off the Nazis in North Africa in The Desert Rats (1953).

Desert Rats, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) The Pick Of Hitler's Troops

Michael Rennie reads for the bang-up opening of Robert Wise's The Desert Rats, 1953, 20th Century Fox's follow up to The Desert Fox, 1951, which some found overly sympathetic to the German cause.

Desert Rats, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Tight As A Tick

Veteran British infantry captain MacRoberts (Richard Burton, his first scene) is awakened and placed in command of a disheveled Australian unit, meeting an old friend (Robert Newton), North Africa, 1941, in The Desert Rats, 1953.

Desert Rats, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) That Fantastic Idiot!

Big action sequence, as MacRoberts (Richard Burton) and Smith (Chips Rafferty) curse Carstairs (Charles Tingwell) for rescuing Currie (Michael Pate), leading to heroism and trouble in North Africa, 1941, in Robert Wise's The Desert Rats, 1953.

Desert Rats, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Grave Mistake, Sir

One of two scenes for James Mason as Field Marshal Rommel (Reprising his role from The Desert Fox, 1951), happening upon captured British infantry officer MacRoberts (Richard Burton) in the medical tent, in Robert Wise's The Desert Rats, 1953.