Five Graves to Cairo
“Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?”
During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.
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Cast
25 people
Franchot Tone
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Known for
Mutiny on the Bounty
Phantom Lady
Anne Baxter
Mouche
Known for
All About Eve
The Ten Commandments
Akim Tamiroff
Farid
Known for
Touch of Evil
Alphaville
Erich von Stroheim
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
Grand Illusion
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Schwegler
Known for
The Wages of Fear
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Fortunio Bonanova
Gen. Sebastiano
Known for
Citizen Kane
Double Indemnity
Philip Ahlm
Second Soldier (uncredited)
Known for
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
This Land Is Mine
Roger Creed
Fourth Soldier (uncredited)
Known for
Damnation Alley
Hans Moebus
Third Soldier (uncredited)
Also in
Don't Bother to Knock
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Leslie Denison
British Captain (uncredited)
Known for
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Return of the Vampire
Bud Geary
English Tank Commander (uncredited)
Known for
Robin Hood
Frederick Giermann
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Known for
A Night in Casablanca
Billy Wilder Director · Charles Brackett Screenplay Lajos Biró Author
Worldwide gross $1.2M · Budget $855K · United States release May 26, 1943
Box office
Budget
$855,000
Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Italian
Release dates
United States · May 26, 1943
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
July 12, 1943 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1944 · Theatrical
France
November 29, 1946 · Theatrical
Germany
September 4, 1970 · TV
Netherlands
January 6, 2011 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
July 9, 1943 · Theatrical · London
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