Cairo
6.1
“There's never been a pyramid scheme like this!”
Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.
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Cast
27 people
Jeanette MacDonald
Marcia Warren
Known for
Love Me Tonight
San Francisco
Robert Young
Homer Smith
Known for
Crossfire
Western Union
Ethel Waters
Cleona Jones
Known for
Cabin in the Sky
Pinky
Reginald Owen
Philo Cobson
Known for
Mary Poppins
A Christmas Carol
Grant Mitchell
OHP Boggs
Known for
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Lionel Atwill
Teutonic Gentleman
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Eduardo Ciannelli
Ahmed Ben Hassan
Known for
Boot Hill
Foreign Correspondent
Mitchell Lewis
Ludwig
Known for
The Docks of New York
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Dooley Wilson
Hector
Known for
Casablanca
Stormy Weather
Larry Nunn
Bernie
Known for
The Major and the Minor
Dennis Hoey
Colonel Woodhue
Known for
Terror by Night
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Mona Barrie
Mrs. Morrison
Also in
Charlie Chan in London
Dawn on the Great Divide
W.S. Van Dyke Director · John McClain Screenplay Ray June Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.2M · Budget $924K · United States release August 17, 1942
Box office
Budget
$924,000
Worldwide gross
$1,197,000
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 17, 1942
Theatrical
United States
September 16, 1942 · Premiere · Richmond, Virginia
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