Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

1943 · 96 min · War, Thriller, Drama

During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.

Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim and Peter van Eyck.

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• The Major and the Minor (1942)
• A Foreign Affair (1948)
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• Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
• Ball of Fire (1941)
• Tobruk (1967) — In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt.
• To Be or Not to Be (1942)
• This Land Is Mine (1943)
• Bengasi (1942)
• The Americanization of Emily (1964)

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