Five Graves to Cairo

Five Graves to Cairo

Released on
War, Thriller, Drama
Runtime
96 mins
(129 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.

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

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