Five graves to Cairo
By: a Paramount Picture ; directed by Billy Wilder
Contributors: Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969, screenwriter; Tone, Franchot, actor; Baxter, Anne, actor; Tamiroff, Akim, 1899-1972, actor; Bonanova, Fortunio, 1895-1969, actor; Eyck, Peter van, 1911-1969, actor; Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957, actor; Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995, composer (expression); Biró, Lajos, 1880-1948; Paramount Pictures, Inc; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm); Amazon.com (Firm)
Series: TCM vault collection; TCM vault collection
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Drama; Secret service; Film adaptations; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; World War, 1939-1945
Description: John J. Bramble, 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 and chambermaid who prepare to receive General Erwin Rommel and his German staff. Posing as the hotel's waiter, Bramble attempts to infiltrate Rommel's inner circle and report the general's plans to the Allies.
Notes: Title from con tainer.

Originally released in 1943.

Based on a play by Lajos Biro.

Screen play by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder ; directed by Billy Wilder ; music score, Miklos Rozsa ; director of photography, John F. Seitz ; art direction, Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte ; editor, Doane Harrison ; costumes, Edith Head ; set decoration, Bertram Granger.

Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Fortunio Bonanova, Peter van Eyck, Erich von Stroheim.

Rating: Not rated.

DVD; Full frame presentation (1.33:1); Dolby digital 2.0; Region 1, NTSC.