Five Graves to Cairo
“Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?”
During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.
Genres
War, Thriller, Drama
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Five Graves to Cairo performed
Budget
$855,000
Worldwide Gross
$1.2M
Gross Profit
$345,000
Return
1.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$202K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for War) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Franchot Tone
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Mouche
Anne Baxter
Mouche
Farid
Akim Tamiroff
Farid
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Erich von Stroheim
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Lt. Schwegler
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Schwegler
Gen. Sebastiano
Fortunio Bonanova
Gen. Sebastiano
Second Soldier (uncredited)
Philip Ahlm
Second Soldier (uncredited)
Fourth Soldier (uncredited)
Roger Creed
Fourth Soldier (uncredited)
Third Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Third Soldier (uncredited)
British Captain (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
British Captain (uncredited)
English Tank Commander (uncredited)
Bud Geary
English Tank Commander (uncredited)
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
German Sergeant (uncredited)
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