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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Screenwriter
- Billy Wilder
- Cast member
- Miles Mander
- Composer
- Miklós Rózsa
- Producer
- Charles Brackett
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- John F. Seitz
- Narrative location
- Libya
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 780669
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- publication date
- 1943-07-12
- film editor
- Doane Harrison
- title
- Five Graves to Cairo
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Edith Head
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- set in environment
- hotel
- review score
- 100%
- capital cost
- 855000
- Commons category
- Five Graves to Cairo
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