Top billed cast

1. 

   Franchot Tone

   Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos

2. 

   Anne Baxter

   Mouche

3. 

   Akim Tamiroff

   Farid

4. 

   Erich von Stroheim

   Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

5. 

   Peter van Eyck

   Lt. Schwegler

6. 

   Fortunio Bonanova

   Gen. Sebastiano

7. 

   Philip Ahlm

   Second Soldier (uncredited)

8. 

   Roger Creed

   Fourth Soldier (uncredited)

9. 

   Hans Moebus

   Third Soldier (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-06-25

We shall take that big fat cigar out of Mr. Churchill's mouth and make him say Heil.

Five Graves to Cairo is directed by Billy Wilder who also co-adapts the screenplay with Charles Brackett. It's based on the Lajos Biró play Hotel Imperial. It stars Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim and Peter Van Eyck. Music is by Miklós Rózsa and cinematography by John Seitz.

Tone plays John Bramble, the sole survivor of a British tank division who stumbles into a near deserted desert town only to find it suddenly fills up with Field Marshall Rommel and his troops. Assumi...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$855,000.00

Revenue
$1,200,000.00

Keywords

• hotel
• egypt
• world war ii
• grave
• german officer
• black and white
• desert
• british soldier
• assumed identity
• nazi spy
• rommel
• north africa
• tank battle
• man with limp