Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

Name: Five Graves to Cairo
Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Released: 1943
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Anne Baxter, Erich von Stroheim, Fortunio Bonanova, Franchot Tone

Drama Thriller War

7.0 (136 votes)

1h 36m

Overview

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.