Five Graves to Cairo
Directed by Billy Wilder
During 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
- 26 May 1943
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Also known as
- Cinco tumbas al Cairo, De vijf geheimen van de woestijn, Cinco Covas no Egito, Ørkenens hemmelighed
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $855,000
- Screenplay
- Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
- Cinematography
- John F. Seitz
- Music
- Miklós Rózsa
- Editor
- Doane Harrison
- Elsewhere
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- War
- Thriller
- Drama
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Cast
Franchot Tone
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Anne Baxter
Mouche
Akim Tamiroff
Farid
Erich von Stroheim
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Schwegler
Fortunio Bonanova
Gen. Sebastiano
Philip Ahlm
Second Soldier (uncredited)
Roger Creed
Fourth Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Third Soldier (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
British Captain (uncredited)
Bud Geary
English Tank Commander (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
German Sergeant (uncredited)
