Five Graves to Cairo
Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?
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DVD-R Details
- 4 X 3 ASPECT RATIO
- Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: October 1, 2014
- Originally Released: 1943
- Label: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff & Erich von Stroheim | |
Performer: | Peter van Eyck & Fortunio Bonanova | |
Directed by | Billy Wilder | |
Edited by | Doane Harrison | |
Screenplay by | Billy Wilder & Charles Brackett | |
Original story by | Lajos Biró | |
Composition by | Miklos Rozsa | |
Art Direction by | Hans Dreier & Ernst Fegté | |
Produced by | B.G. DeSylva | |
Director of Photography: | John F. Seitz |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 7/10 --
..sees its protagonist ensnared in a two-fold trap: a literal one and an existential one.
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The Retro Set
Rating: 4.5/5 --
Scores on every level.
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TV Guide
Wilder and Charles Brackett keep the suspense consistently wry and barbed
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CinePassion
Director Billy Wilder handles the varied story elements, countless suspenseful moments and vivid portrayals in excellent fashion.
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Variety
A crisp spy thriller.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: A --
Intelligently told, excellently acted and superbly photographed wartime espionage thriller.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
An impressive wartime espionage thriller.
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Time Out
Description by OLDIES.com:
The wartime espionage thriller FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO, starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter, marks Billy Wilder's second directorial effort. 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. Posing as the hotel's waiter, Bramble attempts o infiltrate Rommel's inner circle and report the general's plans to the Allies.
Keywords:
Politics
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Romance
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Spies
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Suspense
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Thriller
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War
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World War II
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Military
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- Sales Rank: 30,628
- UPC: 025192139444
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