The Desert Fox

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Or, Another Failed AssassinationTwo years before and nearly two thousand years after a certain other assassination conspiracy, James Mason plays the Nazi general Erwin Rommel, who is somehow tangentially involved in the plot to assassinate Hitler, only he ends up missing out on the fun. Actually, this whole assassination was even more of a failure

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Mr. Mason

[anonymous]

Nice review and connection to Julius Caesar.

I think in the context of the time this film was released (only a few years after the end of WWII as you note), what's interesting is the sympathetic and heroic way a Nazi character is portrayed. Also that nobody sports a stereotypical German accent - other than Hitler!

In your foray into James Mason territory, I highly recommend you watch two of his films that are on TCM tonight - Odd Man Out (Mason always counted that film as his favorite) and The Man Between - marvelous performances from him in both and neither are available on Region 1 DVD - so highly unlikely you'll find them at your library. Be interested in reading your thoughts on them.

Re: Mr. Mason

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I'm pleased you enjoyed it; to be honest, these are as much Memos to Self for Future Reference as anything else