Franchot Tone
Cpl. John J. Bramble/Paul Davos
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Five Graves to Cairo is a 1943 war film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter. Set in World War II, it is one of a number of films based on Lajos Bíró's 1917 play Hotel Imperial: Színmű négy felvonásban, including the 1927 film Hotel Imperial.
Five Graves to Cairo: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Fortunio Bonanova. In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters.
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- Thriller, War
- Billy Wilder
- 1943-07-12
It's World War II, and British soldier John Bramble (Franchot Tone) is the lone survivor of a brutal battle in Egypt. After wandering through the desert, Bramble finds a...
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- Franchot Tone
- Billy Wilder
- Paramount Pictures
John J. Bramble, the sole survivor of his British tank crew, struggles out of the tank, which is roving aimlessly across the desert, and crawls across the sand dunes until he reaches the desolate town of Sidi Halfaya.
- Billy Wilder
- Franchot Tone
Named by Quentin Tarantino as one of his favourite films, FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO is filled with duplicity and danger at every turn. Wilder ratchets up the tension surrounding a disparate group...
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Five Graves to Cairo (1943) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Jun 10, 2013 · ‘Five Graves to Cairo’, depicts the aftermath of the Battle of Tobruk in North Africa during World War II (June, 1942). The British were badly beaten, but turned things around six months later at El Alamein.
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