Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $855,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $1,200,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 9.757 |
Directed By
Billy Wilder
Crew
Buddy G. DeSylva
Bertram C. Granger
Doane Harrison
Miklós Rózsa
Hans Dreier
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
Ernst Fegté
Edith Head
Billy Wilder
John F. Seitz
Roger Creed
Sam Comer
Henry S. Kesler
Wally Westmore
Charles C. Coleman
Herbert Coleman
Ben Nye
Charles Brackett
Albert MacQuarrie
Leonora Sabine
Eugene Zador
Sidney Street
Hugh Brown
Haskell B. Boggs
Gordon Carveth
William Knight
Philip Wisdom
Ferrol Redd
Harlow Stengel
Norman Lacey
Lajos Biró
TOP 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)
Otto Reichow
German Engineer (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ian Keith
Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)
Miles Mander
Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)
Fred Nurney
Maj. Lamprecht (uncredited)
Konstantin Shayne
Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
Kenneth Anspach
German Soldier
John Erickson
First Soldier
Clyde Jackman
Rommel's Orderly
Bill Mussetter
Schwegler (Body Guard)
Peter F.U. Pohlney
German Soldier
John Royce
German Technician
Sam Waagenaar
Rommel's Orderly
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