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The Desert Rats is a 1953 American black-and-white war film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Robert L. Jacks, directed by Robert Wise, that stars Richard Burton, James Mason, and Robert Newton. The film's storyline concerns the Siege of Tobruk in 1941 North Africa during World War II.
Richard Burton: Dr. No: 1959 Felt the role was a new untested concept, [38] and wanted more than the producers would pay. [39] 1961 Cary Grant: Felt he was too old at time being 58; also just wanted to do one film. [40] Richard Johnson: Terence Young's choice but did not want a contract because he was under contract to MGM. [41] James Mason
Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. on 10 November 1925 in a house at 2 Dan-y-bont in Pontrhydyfen, Glamorgan, Wales. [11] [12] He was the twelfth of thirteen children born into the Welsh-speaking family of Richard Walter Jenkins Sr. (5 March 1876– 25 March 1957), [13] and Edith Maude Jenkins (née Thomas; 28 January 1883 - 31 October 1927).
Fox asked him back for The Desert Rats (1953) opposite Richard Burton and James Mason, playing a drunken school teacher who discovers bravery during World War II. He was one of several names in an airplane disaster movie The High and the Mighty (1954).
Candy is a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand from a screenplay by Buck Henry, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, itself based on Voltaire's 1759 novel Candide.
Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Richard Boone: 2 hours 38 11/10/1962 The Desert Rats (1953) Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton: 2 hours 39 11/17/1962 White Witch Doctor (1953) Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Walter Slezak: 2 hours 40 11/24/1962 Sailor of the King (1953) Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller: 2 hours 41 12/01/1962 ...
Actor and singer Richard Burton, who played a gangster in HBO's "The Wire," might get hosed for not paying a water bill. Burton, a Baltimore resident, refused to pay a $1,037.42 water bill because ...
The following is a list of American films released in 1953.. Donald O'Connor and Fredric March cohosted the 26th Academy Awards ceremony on March 25, 1954, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.