The Man From Cairo

The Man From Cairo

81 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 3, 1953

"The Man from Cairo", a Michaeldavid production for distribution by Lippert, with Ray Enright the only credited director on the film print, finds Mike Canelli, the man from Cairo, nosing around Algiers with mystery surrounding the people he meets and the things he does and has done to him, all deriving from the war-time theft of $100,000,000 in gold which lies somewhere in the adjacent desert. People representing many nationalities and reasons are also seeking the gold. It boils down to a battle between Canelli and the original looter aboard a speeding train.

The Man From Cairo

81 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 3, 1953

The Man From Cairo
"The Man from Cairo", a Michaeldavid production for distribution by Lippert, with Ray Enright the only credited director on the film print, finds Mike Canelli, the man from Cairo, nosing around Algiers with mystery surrounding the people he meets and the things he does and has done to him, all deriving from the war-time theft of $100,000,000 in gold which lies somewhere in the adjacent desert. People representing many nationalities and reasons are also seeking the gold. It boils down to a battle between Canelli and the original looter aboard a speeding train.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Michaeldavid Productions, Societa Italiana Gestioni Manifestazioni
Original title The Man From Cairo
Directors Edoardo Anton, Ray Enright
Writers Philip Stevenson, Eugene Ling

Cast

George Raft

as Mike Canelli

Gianna Maria Canale

as Lorraine Beloyan

Massimo Serato

as Basil Constantine

Guido Celano

as Emile Touchard

Irene Papas

as Yvonne Lebeau

Alfredo Varelli

as Prof. H. M. Crespi

Leonardo Scavino

as Police Capt. Akhim Bey (as Leon Lenoir)

Mino Doro

as Major C. Blanc

Angelo Dessy

as Pock-marked Thug

Richard McNamara

as Agent Charles Stark

Franco Silva

as Armeno