Five Graves to Cairo

Five Graves to Cairo

96 mins | Thriller, War | May 26, 1943

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 is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, afraid of the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans. John assumes the identity of the recently deceased waiter to survive.

Five Graves to Cairo

96 mins | Thriller, War | May 26, 1943

Five Graves to Cairo
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 is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, afraid of the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans. John assumes the identity of the recently deceased waiter to survive.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Paramount
Original title Five Graves to Cairo
Directors Charles C. Coleman, Henry S. Kesler, Billy Wilder, Herbert Coleman
Writers Lajos Biró, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder

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)

Otto Reichow

as German Engineer (uncredited)

Art Gilmore

as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Ian Keith

as Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)

Miles Mander

as Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)

Fred Nurney

as Maj. Lamprecht (uncredited)

Konstantin Shayne

as Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)

Kenneth Anspach

as German Soldier

John Erickson

as First Soldier

Clyde Jackman

as Rommel's Orderly

Bill Mussetter

as Schwegler (Body Guard)

Peter F.U. Pohlney

as German Soldier

John Royce

as German Technician

Sam Waagenaar

as Rommel's Orderly