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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Directed by Billy Wilder
“Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?”
War, Thriller, Drama · 1h 36m
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.
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
P
Philip Ahlm
Second Soldier (uncredited)
R
Roger Creed
Fourth Soldier (uncredited)
H
Hans Moebus
Third Soldier (uncredited)
L
Leslie Denison
British Captain (uncredited)
Bud Geary
English Tank Commander (uncredited)
F
Frederick Giermann
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Screenplay
- Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
- Director of Photography
- John F. Seitz
- Original Music Composer
- Miklós Rózsa
- Editor
- Doane Harrison
Details
- Release date
- 1943-05-26
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- War, Thriller, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian, German
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Budget
- $855,000
- Box office
- $1,200,000