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