

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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $855K
- Box office
- $1.2M
- Language
- English
- hotel
- egypt
- world war ii
- grave
- german officer
- black and white
- desert
- british soldier
- assumed identity
- nazi spy
- rommel
- north africa
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York26 May 1943
- Theatrical12 Jul 1943
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPGLondon9 Jul 1943
BrazilBR
- Theatricale 101 Jan 1944
FranceFR
- Theatrical29 Nov 1946
GermanyDE
- TV124 Sept 1970
NetherlandsNL
- Physical9DVD6 Jan 2011
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Five Graves to Cairo was released on 26 May 1943.
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1- J8/10
John Chard
6/25/2019
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 Brambl…
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