Five graves to Cairo, a Paramount picture ; screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder ; associate producer, Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder. A foreign affair / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder
Type
Label
Five graves to Cairo, a Paramount picture ; screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder ; associate producer, Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder. A foreign affair / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Five graves to Cairo
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
814406931
Responsibility statement
a Paramount picture ; screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder ; associate producer, Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder. A foreign affair / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder
Runtime
209
Series statement
TCM vault collection
Summary
Five graves to Cairo: John J. Bramble, the sole suurvivor of a British tank crew, makes his way to a desolate desert town where he is given refuge by a hotel owner and chambermaid who prepare to receive General Erwin Rommel and his German staff. Posing as the hotel's waiter, Bramble attempts to infiltrate Rommel's inner circle and report the general's plans to the AlliesA foreign affair: Phoebe Frost, an upright Republican member of Congress, travels to Berlin to look into reports of corruption among the occupying American forces. She enlists an Army captain in her crusade and finds herself falling for him, unaware that he is the man romantically involved with a German cabaret singer who can lead army investigators to a high-level Nazi war criminal
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Directed by Billy Wilder, Five graves to Cairo, A foreign affairFive graves to Cairo and A foreign affairForeign affair
Contributor
- Biró, Lajos, 1880-1948
- Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957
- Paramount Pictures, Inc
- Breen, Richard L.
- Harrison, Doane, 1894-1968
- Hollaender, Friedrich
- Arthur, Jean, 1900-1991
- Tone, Franchot
- Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Lund, John, 1911-1992
- Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002
- Shaw, David, 1916-2007
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Tamiroff, Akim, 1899-1972
- Baxter, Anne
- Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995
Genre
Subject
- World War, 1939-1945 + Secret service -- Egypt -- Drama
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations
- War films
- DVDs
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Biró, Lajos, 1880-1948 -- Film adaptations
- Spy films
- Women legislators -- United States -- Drama
- Corruption investigation -- Germany -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944 -- Drama
- Women singers -- Germany -- Drama
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Outgoing Resources
- Contributor17
- Biró, Lajos, 1880-1948
- Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957
- Paramount Pictures, Inc
- Breen, Richard L.
- Harrison, Doane, 1894-1968
- Hollaender, Friedrich
- Arthur, Jean, 1900-1991
- Tone, Franchot
- Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Lund, John, 1911-1992
- Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002
- Shaw, David, 1916-2007
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Tamiroff, Akim, 1899-1972
- Baxter, Anne
- Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995
- Genre9
- Subject16
- World War, 1939-1945 + Secret service -- Egypt -- Drama
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations
- War films
- DVDs
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Biró, Lajos, 1880-1948 -- Film adaptations
- Spy films
- Women legislators -- United States -- Drama
- Corruption investigation -- Germany -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944 -- Drama
- Women singers -- Germany -- Drama
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Actor4
- Director1
- Is Part Of1
- resource.screenwriter3
- Mapped to1