Five Graves to Cairo
Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?
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.
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $1M
Who's in it
Cast
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16 billed performers
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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.
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Box Office & Release
Five Graves to Cairo returned 1.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $855,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $1M
- Release date
- May 26, 1943
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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