Five Graves to Cairo

Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?

96 mins
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.

Franchot Tone

Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos

Erich von Stroheim

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Peter van Eyck

Lt. Schwegler

Fortunio Bonanova

Gen. Sebastiano

Philip Ahlm

Second Soldier (uncredited)

Roger Creed

Fourth Soldier (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

Third Soldier (uncredited)

Leslie Denison

British Captain (uncredited)

Bud Geary

English Tank Commander (uncredited)

Frederick Giermann

German Sergeant (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

German Engineer (uncredited)

Art Gilmore

Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Ian Keith

Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)

Miles Mander

Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)

Fred Nurney

Maj. Lamprecht (uncredited)

Konstantin Shayne

Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)

Kenneth Anspach

German Soldier

John Erickson

First Soldier

Clyde Jackman

Rommel's Orderly

Bill Mussetter

Schwegler (Body Guard)

Peter F.U. Pohlney

German Soldier

John Royce

German Technician

Sam Waagenaar

Rommel's Orderly

Miklós Rózsa

Original Music Composer

Billy Wilder

Screenplay

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

Edith Head

Costume Design

Ernst Fegté

Art Direction

Billy Wilder

Director

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Bertram C. Granger

Set Decoration

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Hugh Brown

Unit Manager

Haskell B. Boggs

Camera Operator

Herbert Coleman

Assistant Director

Wally Westmore

Makeup Artist

Sidney Street

Unit Manager

Henry S. Kesler

Assistant Director

Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Sam Comer

Set Dressing Supervisor

Leonora Sabine

Hairstylist

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Albert MacQuarrie

Makeup Artist

Charles Brackett

Associate Producer

Eugene Zador

Orchestrator

William Knight

Makeup Artist

Ferrol Redd

Sound Recordist

Philip Wisdom

Sound Recordist

Harlow Stengel

Assistant Camera

Norman Lacey

Location Manager

Lajos Biró

Theatre Play

Recommended

Similar