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Five Graves to Cairo

1943·1h 36m·Approved
DramaThrillerWar
IMDb Rating
★ 7.3/10
7,629 votes

During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.

Five Graves to Cairo is a 1943 drama thriller movie directed by Billy Wilder, starring Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Fortunio Bonanova. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3/10 from 7,629 votes and runs 1h 36m.

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Director
Billy Wilder
Stars
Franchot Tone
Anne Baxter
Fortunio Bonanova
Akim Tamiroff
Details
1943-07-12
96 min
Movie
Approved
★ United States
★ English, French, German, Italian
Keywords
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