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Five Graves to Cairo

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

War drama, the first of two Saturday Matinee films directed by the late Billy Wilder.

June 1942: Corporal John Bramble, the only survivor of a British tank crew, holds the key to uncovering a secret that could stop Rommel's advance in Egypt.
Review page 51.
(1943) (BW)

Contributors

Director:
Billy Wilder
Cpl John Bramble:
Franchot Tone
Mouche:
Anne Baxter
Farid:
Akim Tamiroff
Rommel:
Erich von Stroheim
Lt Schwegler:
Peter van Eyck
Gen Sabastiano:
Fortunio Bonanova
Von Buelow:
Konstantin Shayne
British colonel:
Miles Mander
Source: Radio Times

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