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Five Graves to Cairo
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7.0During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.
Released: 1943-05-2696 minDir: Billy WilderWar, Thriller, DramaBudget: $855,000Box office: $1.2M
Cast
- Franchot Tone as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
- Anne Baxter as Mouche
- Akim Tamiroff as Farid
- Erich von Stroheim as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- Peter van Eyck as Lt. Schwegler
- Fortunio Bonanova as Gen. Sebastiano
Themes
- hotel
- egypt
- world war ii
- grave
- german officer
- black and white
- desert
- british soldier
- assumed identity
- nazi spy
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