Five Graves to Cairo
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1hr
36mins
Directed by
Buddy G. DeSylva,
Billy Wilder,
Starring
Franchot Tone,
Anne Baxter,
Akim Tamiroff,
Erich von Stroheim
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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.