Five Graves to Cairo

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.

Discover

Franchot Tone

Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos

Anne Baxter

Mouche

Erich von Stroheim

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Peter van Eyck

Lt. Schwegler

Fortunio Bonanova

Gen. Sebastiano

Philip Ahlm

Second Soldier (uncredited)

Roger Creed

Fourth Soldier (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

Third Soldier (uncredited)

Leslie Denison

British Captain (uncredited)

Bud Geary

English Tank Commander (uncredited)

Frederick Giermann

German Sergeant (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

German Engineer (uncredited)

Art Gilmore

Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Ian Keith

Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)

Miles Mander

Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)

Fred Nurney

Maj. Lamprecht (uncredited)

Konstantin Shayne

Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)

Kenneth Anspach

German Soldier

John Erickson

First Soldier

Clyde Jackman

Rommel's Orderly

Bill Mussetter

Schwegler (Body Guard)

Peter F.U. Pohlney

German Soldier

John Royce

German Technician

Sam Waagenaar

Rommel's Orderly

Art

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Ernst Fegté

Art Direction

Bertram C. Granger

Set Decoration

Camera

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Haskell B. Boggs

Camera Operator

Harlow Stengel

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Artist

Albert MacQuarrie

Makeup Artist

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Leonora Sabine

Hairstylist

Sam Comer

Set Dressing Supervisor

William Knight

Makeup Artist

Crew

Roger Creed

Stunts

Directing

Billy Wilder

Director

Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Herbert Coleman

Assistant Director

Henry S. Kesler

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

Charles Brackett

Associate Producer

Hugh Brown

Unit Manager

Sidney Street

Unit Manager

Norman Lacey

Location Manager

Sound

Miklós Rózsa

Original Music Composer

Eugene Zador

Orchestrator

Philip Wisdom

Sound Recordist

Ferrol Redd

Sound Recordist

Writing

Charles Brackett

Screenplay

Billy Wilder

Screenplay

Lajos Biró

Theatre Play

Art

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Ernst Fegté

Art Direction

Bertram C. Granger

Set Decoration

Camera

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Haskell B. Boggs

Camera Operator

Harlow Stengel

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Artist

Albert MacQuarrie

Makeup Artist

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Leonora Sabine

Hairstylist

Sam Comer

Set Dressing Supervisor

William Knight

Makeup Artist

Crew

Roger Creed

Stunts

Directing

Billy Wilder

Director

Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Herbert Coleman

Assistant Director

Henry S. Kesler

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

Charles Brackett

Associate Producer

Hugh Brown

Unit Manager

Sidney Street

Unit Manager

Norman Lacey

Location Manager

Sound

Miklós Rózsa

Original Music Composer

Eugene Zador

Orchestrator

Philip Wisdom

Sound Recordist

Ferrol Redd

Sound Recordist

Writing

Charles Brackett

Screenplay

Billy Wilder

Screenplay

Lajos Biró

Theatre Play