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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

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Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?

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 & Crew

Director
Billy Wilder
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    Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos Franchot Tone
  • Profile picture of Anne Baxter
    Mouche Anne Baxter
  • Profile picture of Akim Tamiroff
    Farid Akim Tamiroff
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    Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Erich von Stroheim
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    Lt. Schwegler Peter van Eyck
  • Profile picture of Fortunio Bonanova
    Gen. Sebastiano Fortunio Bonanova
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    English Tank Commander (uncredited) Bud Geary
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    German Engineer (uncredited) Otto Reichow

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  • tank battle
  • man with limp