Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Synopsis
The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He assumes the identity of a recently deceased waiter and is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, who fears the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans.
Release Date: 1943-05-26
Runtime: 96 minutes
Director: Billy Wilder
Budget: $855,000 USD
Revenue: $1,200,000 USD
Top 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
- Philip Ahlm as Second Soldier (uncredited)
- Roger Creed as Fourth Soldier (uncredited)
- Hans Moebus as Third Soldier (uncredited)
- Leslie Denison as British Captain (uncredited)
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