Five Graves to Cairo
The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He assumes the identity of a recently deceased waiter and is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, who fears the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans.
- genus: War, Thriller, Drama
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- keyword: hotel, egypt, world war ii, grave, german officer, desert, british soldier, assumed identity, nazi spy, rommel, north africa, tank battle, man with limp
- cast: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim, Peter van Eyck, Fortunio Bonanova
