Five Graves to Cairo
- Original title
- Five Graves to Cairo
- Year
- 1943
- Running time
- 91 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Franchot Tone
- Erich von Stroheim
- Anne Baxter
- Akim Tamiroff
- Peter van Eyck
- Fortunio Bonanova
- Konstantin Shayne
- Fred Nurney
- Miles Mander
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- Music
- Cinematography
John F. Seitz (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery. War | Spy Film. II World War. Africa
- Synopsis
- June, 1942. The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border--Corporal John Bramble, who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel...soon to be German HQ. To survive, Bramble assumes an identity which proves perilous. The new guest of honor is none other than Rommel, hinting of his secret strategy, code-named 'five graves.' And the fate of the British in Egypt depends on whether a humble corporal can penetrate the secret...
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1943: 3 Nominations for Oscar: Cinematography (B&W), Art Direction (B&W), Editing
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