Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
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
- 1943-05-26
- Genres
- War, Thriller, Drama
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Billy Wilder
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 159 votes
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)
- Bud Geary as English Tank Commander (uncredited)
- Frederick Giermann as German Sergeant (uncredited)
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