Five Graves to Cairo
World War II drama set in Egypt in June 1942. The story of how a British corporal, posing as Nazi spy discovers Rommel's secret of five ammunition dumps hidden on a route to Cairo.
Cast & credits
Cast
- John J. Bramble Franchot Tone
- Mouche Anne Baxter
- Farid Akim Tamiroff
- General Sebastiano Fortunio Bonanova
- Lieutenant Schwegler Peter Van Eyck
- Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Erich von Stroheim
- [Major von Buelow] Konstantin Shayne
- [Major Lamprecht] Fred Nurney
- [Colonel Fitzhume] Miles Mander
- [Captain St. Bride] Ian Keith
- [Captain McOwen] Leslie Denison
- [English tank commander] Bud Geary
- [German sergeant on motorcycle] Frederick Giermann
- [Schwegler's bodyguard] William Mussetter
- [German technician] John Royce
- [German engineer] Otto Reichow
- [Rommel's orderly] Clyde Jackman
- [Rommel's orderly] Sam Waagenaar
- [German soldier] Peter Pohlenz
- [soldier] John Erickson
- [soldier] Philip Ahlm
- [soldier] Hans Moebus
- [soldier] Roger Creed
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Billy Wilder
- [Assistant Director] C.C. Coleman Jr
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Herbert Coleman
- [Assistant Director (Extra)] P. Martin
- [Assistant Director (Extra)] H. Kessler
- [Script Clerk] Harry F. Hogan
- [Script Clerk] A. Ronald Lubin
Production
- ©/Production Company Paramount Pictures
- [Executive Producer] B.G. De Sylva
- Associate Producer Charles Brackett
- [Unit Manager] Sydney S. Street
- [Assistant Unit Manager] Hugh Brown
- [Location Manager] Norman Lacey
Writing
- Screen Play by Charles Brackett
- Screen Play by Billy Wilder
- Based on a play by Lajos Biró
Photography
- Director of Photography John F. Seitz
- [Camera Operator] Haskell Boggs
- [Camera Operator] Art Lane
- [2nd Camera] Otto Pierce
- [Assistant Camera (1st)] James Grant
- [Assistant Camera (2nd)] Eugene Liggett
- [Assistant Camera (3rd)] George Lancaster
- [Assistant to 2nd Camera] Harlow Sengel
- [Grip] Irv Newmeyer
- [Grip] Cliff Gourley
- [Grip] Constantine Klein
- [Grip] John Smirch
- [Grip] John W. Jackson
- [Grip] Jack Haring
Stills
- [Stills] Jack Woods
Editing
- Edited by Doane Harrison
Design
- Art Direction Hans Dreier
- Art Direction Ernst Fegté
- Set Decoration Bertram Granger
- [Set Dressing Supervisor] Sam Comer
- [Props] Jack Golconda
- [Props] Carl Coleman
- [2nd Props] Jack Leys
- [Prop Assistant] Fred Turk
- [Prop Assistant] Patrick Delaney
Costumes
- Costumes Edith Head
Make-up
- [Make-up Supervisor] Wally Westmore
- [Make-up Artist] Ben Nye
- [Make-up Artist] William Knight
- [Make-up Artist] Albert Macquarrie
- [Hairstyles Supervisor] Leonora Sabine
Music
- Music Score by Miklós Rózsa
Sound
- Sound Recording by Ferol Redd
- Sound Recording by Philip Wisdom
Stunts
- [Stand-in for Franchot Tone] Bob Davis
- [Double forFranchot Tone] Gordon Carveth
Consultant
- [British Technical Adviser] Major David P.J. Lloyd
- [Technical Adviser] Major Melville Stack
- [Dialogue Coach] Leslie Denison