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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

Average Score: 7 (rated by 136 viewers)

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.

Genres

War, Thriller, Drama

Additional info

CastReview
  • 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