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Five Graves to Cairo

Five Graves to Cairo

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 26, 1943

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

War, Thriller, Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

Five Graves to Cairo

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

Billy Wilder

Budget

$855,000

Revenue

$1,200,000

Description

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.