Five Graves to Cairo
Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?
7.0(155) 1943-05-26 96 minWarThrillerDrama
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.
DirectorBilly Wilder
ScreenplayCharles Brackett
ScreenplayBilly Wilder
Original Music ComposerMiklós Rózsa
Cast & characters
Franchot Tone
as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Anne Baxter
as Mouche
Akim Tamiroff
as Farid
Erich von Stroheim
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Peter van Eyck
as Lt. Schwegler
Fortunio Bonanova
as Gen. Sebastiano
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Philip Ahlm
as Second Soldier (uncredited)
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Roger Creed
as Fourth Soldier (uncredited)
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Hans Moebus
as Third Soldier (uncredited)
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Leslie Denison
as British Captain (uncredited)
Bud Geary
as English Tank Commander (uncredited)
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Frederick Giermann
as German Sergeant (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
as German Engineer (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ian Keith
as Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)
Miles Mander
as Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)
Fred Nurney
as Maj. Lamprecht (uncredited)
Konstantin Shayne
as Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
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Kenneth Anspach
as German Soldier
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John Erickson
as First Soldier
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Clyde Jackman
as Rommel's Orderly
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Bill Mussetter
as Schwegler (Body Guard)
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Peter F.U. Pohlney
as German Soldier
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John Royce
as German Technician
