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Five Graves to Cairo

Name: Five Graves to Cairo
Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: War, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1943-05-26
Cast: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim, Peter van Eyck

WarThrillerDrama

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

Franchot ToneAnne BaxterAkim TamiroffErich von StroheimPeter van EyckFortunio BonanovaPhilip AhlmRoger CreedHans MoebusLeslie DenisonBud GearyFrederick Giermann

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Billy Wilder

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