The Desert Rats

1953 film by Robert Wise

Movie Film Q479462

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Facts

29 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Robert Wise^[2]
Genre: war film, drama film, action film^[5]^[6]^[7]
Publication date: 1953, May 20, 1953^[31]^[32]
Screenwriter: Richard Murphy^[3]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay^[40]
Duration: +88^[43]
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Cast member: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty, Bud Tingwell, Alfred Zeisler, Ben Wright, Michael Pate, Robert Douglas, John Alderson, Nicolas Coster, Patrick O'Moore, Peter J. Ortiz, Michael Rennie, Lester Matthews, John Fraser, John Wengraf, Gavin Muir^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Color: color, black-and-white^[28]^[29]
Composer: Leigh Harline^[4]
Country of origin: United States^[30]
Director of photography: Lucien Ballard^[23]
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Netflix^[33]^[34]
Distribution format: video on demand^[25]
FSK film rating: FSK 12^[42]
Film editor: Barbara McLean^[39]
Filming location: California, San Diego^[36]^[37]
Kijkwijzer rating: 16
Main subject: World War II^[38]
Narrative location: Libya^[35]
Narrator: Michael Rennie^[47]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[24]
Production company: 20th Century Studios^[22]

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Review score: 6.5/10, 100%^[26]^[27]
Set in environment: desert
Set in period: World War II, 20th century, 1940s^[44]^[45]^[46]
Significant event: principal photography
Title: The Desert Rats^[41]

🏷️ Also known as

en Desert Rats en The Desert Rats da Ørkenrotterne de Die Wüstenratten de The Desert Rats es Las ratas del desierto fa موش‌های صحرا fr Les Rats du désert fr Rats du désert he חולדות המדבר it I topi del deserto ja 砂漠の鼡 ja 砂漠の鼠 ko 사막의 대진격 ms Filem The Desert Rats nl De woestijnratten pl en:The Desert Rats pl Szczury pustyni ro Șobolanii deșertului ro The Desert Rats

🔖 Identifiers · 62

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 50806
Academy Awards Database film ID: 628
Academy Collection film ID: W070310
AllMovie title ID: v13347
Allcinema film ID: 8926
AlloCiné film ID: 48645
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B001TCZNVE
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.2rv6brp6le9gkv4upkmc4kb1z
BBC programme ID: m002m3f7
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 720632
Cinema Context ID: F016746
Cinema.de ID: 1306270

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Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 51179
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 14662
DNF film ID: 6753
Decine21 film ID: 4126
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 3832
Douban film ID: 2298034
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 6507
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/50C4-1720-4E6C-89CD-248F-Q
ElCinema film ID: 2039988
ElFilm film ID: 45597
Elonet movie ID: 769864
Exploitation mark number: 14172
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): 1MV647e1c33ec1563b68d49a17097a16510
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/die-wuestenratten
FilmAffinity film ID: 445349
FilmVandaag ID: film/13817
Filmfront film ID (archived): 41408
Filmová databáze film ID: 8154
Filmweb.pl film ID: 89452
Freebase ID: /m/0fwzfk
Google Play Movies & TV ID: 6UxSouzYLYg
IMCDB work ID: 45679
IMDb ID: tt0045679
ITunes movie ID: 302762428
KINENOTE film ID: 3679
Kinobox film ID: 10906
Kinopoisk film ID: 17951
LUMIERE film ID: 167320
LdiF ID: 12909
Letterboxd film ID: the-desert-rats
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 25310
Movie Review Query Engine ID: the-desert-rats-m100027310
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv3673
MovieLens movie ID: 5406
MovieMeter film ID: 5183
Netflix ID: 60011092
OFDb film ID: 33276
OMDb film ID: 87223
PORT film ID: 51717
Plex media key: 5d77686851dd69001fe0b98f
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/desert_rats
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 42958
Swedish Film Database ID: 12863
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 72837
TMDB movie ID: 36554
TV.com ID (archived): movies/the-desert-rats
TheTVDB movie ID: 60851
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-desert-rats-1953
Trakt.tv film ID: 23214
ČSFD film ID: 9814

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 18

Richard Burton, James Mason, Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Nicolas Coster, Robert Douglas, Ben Wright, Torin Thatcher +10 more

Genre 3

action film, drama film, war film

Distributed by 2

Netflix, 20th Century Studios

Filming location 2

California, San Diego

Color 1

black-and-white

Composer 1

Leigh Harline

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Robert Wise

Director of photography 1

Lucien Ballard

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Barbara McLean

Instance of 1

film

Main subject 1

World War II

Narrative location 1

Libya

Narrator 1

Michael Rennie

Nominated for 1

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Production company 1

20th Century Studios

Screenwriter 1

Richard Murphy

Set in environment 1

desert

Significant event 1

principal photography

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Summary

The Desert Rats is a film^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ The Desert Rats — director (P57): Robert Wise. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Desert Rats — screenwriter (P58): Richard Murphy. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Desert Rats — composer (P86): Leigh Harline. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Desert Rats — genre (P136): war film. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Desert Rats — genre (P136): drama film. Retrieved 2019-05-27. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Desert Rats — genre (P136): action film. Retrieved 2019-05-28. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Richard Burton. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): James Mason. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Robert Newton. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Torin Thatcher. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Chips Rafferty. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Bud Tingwell. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Alfred Zeisler. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Ben Wright. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Michael Pate. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Robert Douglas. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): John Alderson. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Nicolas Coster. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Patrick O'Moore. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Desert Rats — cast member (P161): Peter J. Ortiz. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Desert Rats — production company (P272): 20th Century Studios. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Desert Rats — director of photography (P344): Lucien Ballard. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Desert Rats — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Desert Rats — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Desert Rats — review score (P444): 6.5/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-05. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Desert Rats — review score (P444): 100%. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Desert Rats — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Desert Rats — color (P462): black-and-white. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Desert Rats — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Desert Rats — publication date (P577): January 1, 1953. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Desert Rats — publication date (P577): May 20, 1953. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Desert Rats — distributed by (P750): 20th Century Studios. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Desert Rats — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Desert Rats — narrative location (P840): Libya. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Desert Rats — filming location (P915): California. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ The Desert Rats — filming location (P915): San Diego. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ The Desert Rats — main subject (P921): World War II. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ The Desert Rats — film editor (P1040): Barbara McLean. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ The Desert Rats — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ The Desert Rats — title (P1476): The Desert Rats. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ The Desert Rats — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 12. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ The Desert Rats — duration (P2047): 88 minutes. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ The Desert Rats — set in period (P2408): World War II. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ The Desert Rats — set in period (P2408): 20th century. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ The Desert Rats — set in period (P2408): 1940s. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ The Desert Rats — narrator (P2438): Michael Rennie. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ The Desert Rats is an instance of film (Q11424) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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26d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Academy Collection film ID → W070310

"Created claim: Academy Collection film ID: W070310, batch #290954"
10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

IMCDB work ID → 45679

"Created claim: IMCDB work ID: 45679, batch #269672"
10w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s

"Created claim: Set in period: 1940s, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787856307365"
11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Filmová databáze film ID → 8154

"Created claim: Filmová databáze film ID: 8154, batch #269265"
12w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s

"Created claim: Set in period: World War II, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786777714293"
19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Publication date → 1953, May 20, 1953

Screenwriter → Richard Murphy

Duration → 88 minute

Significant event → principal photography

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