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Overall Rank: 10116
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 13
Theatrical Release Date: 05/04/1943
Language: English
Genre: Thriller, War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim, Peter van Eyck, Fortunio Bonanova
Plot: A lone British man hides among the French inhabitants in a North African village as Rommel's troops advance. -- MaceeRae
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Allison - wrote on 12/24/2007
Even though this movie has Anne Baxter and Franchot Tone in it, it is one of Wilder's worst films.
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Lucas+Spielberg's inspiration behind you-know-who?
Indyfreak - wrote on 01/26/2016
Entertaining wartime spy movie with a terrific performance from Franchot Tone. Watching Tone play the lead in a film such as this makes me wonder why he wasn't a bigger star. He has the charisma and humor for it. Anne Baxter is also good as his combative love interest as is the international cast of familiar faces such as Akim Tamiroff, Peter van Eyck, and Fortunio Bonanova. I'm admittedly disappointed in Erich von Stroheim's appearance as Erwin Rommel. It's more caricature than I'm sure he hoped for. It's impressive how Billy Wilder manages to keep the action and intrigue interesting despite it taking place in such a confined location. Some noted film makers such as Cameron Crowe have labeled "Five Graves to Cairo" as the forerunner of the Indiana Jones movies. I can see its influence …
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