Five Graves to Cairo
- Released on
War, Thriller, Drama
•- Runtime
- 96 mins
(125 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Franchot Tone
- Anne Baxter
- Akim Tamiroff
- Erich von Stroheim
- Peter van Eyck
- Fortunio Bonanova
- Philip Ahlm
- Roger Creed
- Hans Moebus
- Leslie Denison
- Bud Geary
- Frederick Giermann
- Otto Reichow
- Art Gilmore
- Ian Keith
- Miles Mander
- Fred Nurney
- Konstantin Shayne
- Kenneth Anspach
- John Erickson
- Clyde Jackman
- Bill Mussetter
- Peter F.U. Pohlney
- John Royce
- Sam Waagenaar
Director
- Billy Wilder
Producers
Screenwriter
- Charles Brackett
- Billy Wilder
