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Movie: Five Graves to Cairo

on BBC Two England

Starring Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter
with Akim Tamiroff and Erich von Stroheim as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

It is June 1942, and Rommel's Afrika Korps is advancing swiftly into Egypt. Corporal John Bramble, the only survivor of a British tank crew, staggers into an Arab village that has become Rommel's headquarters. In a dingy desert hotel there, the fate of the desert campaign hangs on Bramble discovering the secret of Rommel's 'Five Graves'. Erich von Stroheim plays Rommel with his usual flare and panache.
Corp John Bramble.FRANCHOT TONE
Screenplay by CHARLES BRACKETT and BILLY WILDER based on a play by LAJOS BIRO Directed by BILLY WILDER
. Films: pages 16-17

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Baxter
Unknown:
Akim Tamiroff
Unknown:
Erwin Rommel
Unknown:
John Bramble
Unknown:
Charles Brackett
Unknown:
Billy Wilder
Play By:
Lajos Biro
Directed By:
Billy Wilder
MoUChe:
Anne Baxter
Farid:
Akim Tamiroff
Lieut Schwegler:
Peter van Eyck
British Colonel:
Miles Mandor

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