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Five Graves to Cairo is a 1943 war film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter. Set in World War II, it is one of a number of films based on Lajos Bíró 's 1917 play Hotel Imperial: Színmű négy felvonásban, including the 1927 film Hotel Imperial.
A British soldier disguises as a waiter at a hotel where Rommel plans to reveal his secret strategy. IMDb provides cast, crew, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this 1943 film.
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- Thriller, War
- Billy Wilder
- 1943-07-12
You get many parallels to Tarantino's beloved war epic here. Five Graves to Cairo features a complex and fun series of people hiding out in Egypt to avoid German capture.
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- Franchot Tone
- Billy Wilder
- Paramount Pictures
Five Graves to Cairo - (Original Trailer) A British corporal goes undercover to infiltrate Field Marshall Rommel's command in Billy Wilder's Five Graves to Cairo (1943).
- Billy Wilder
- Franchot Tone
A 1943 war thriller directed by Billy Wilder, starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter. A British soldier disguises as a waiter at a desert hotel to escape Rommel's advance.
Jun 10, 2013 · John J. Bramble Tone), the sole survivor of a British tank crew, makes his way to a desolate desert town where he is given refuge by a hotel owner (Akim Tamiroff) and a French hambermaid (Baxter) who prepare to receive General Erwin Rommel (Erich Von Stroheim) and his German staff.
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Directed by Billy Wilder. Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel? The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel.
