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Old 26th November 2020, 11:43 AM
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No 'Dawn' box yet, but these turned up.
I bought the Screenbound dvd of Five Graves to Cairo a few years ago. Good film. Bit of a slow start but once Rommel arrives the tension cranks up.

Here's what i said when i watched it. Hope you enjoy it as much as i.

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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

Billy Wilder's film is a wartime espionage thriller which sees Franchot Tone as the sole survivor of a British tank crew hole up in a near deserted Egyptian town where he's given refuge by the hotel owner. Unfortunately for Tone, Field Marshal Rommel (Erich Von Stroheim) turns up at the hotel with a tank division. Tone poses as a recently deceased waiter and attempts to infiltrate Rommel's inner circle and report his battle plans to the Allies.

A real twisty turny film and well worth a watch. Von Stroheim is excellent as Rommel and Franchot Tone proves very adaptable in a role that i won't spoil but involves agents and double agents galore.
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