Five Graves to Cairo
26/05/1943
2h

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.
Cast


Franchot Tone
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos


Anne Baxter
Mouche


Akim Tamiroff
Farid


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
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