Five Graves to Cairo
Five Graves to Cairo

Five Graves to Cairo

Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?

6.9(137 votes)
1943
1h 36m
War
Thriller
Drama

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

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone

Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter

Mouche

Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

Farid

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Peter van Eyck

Peter van Eyck

Lt. Schwegler

Fortunio Bonanova

Fortunio Bonanova

Gen. Sebastiano

Philip Ahlm

Philip Ahlm

Second Soldier (uncredited)

Roger Creed

Roger Creed

Fourth Soldier (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

Hans Moebus

Third Soldier (uncredited)

Leslie Denison

Leslie Denison

British Captain (uncredited)

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