Directed by:
Billy WilderCinematography:
John F. SeitzComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim, Miles Mander, Peter van Eyck, Ian Keith, Fortunio Bonanova, Leslie Denison, Art Gilmore (more)Plots(1)
The only survivor in his unit after a battle with Rommel's soldiers in North Africa, British Corporal Bramble (Franchot Tone) staggers through the desert until arriving at the largely deserted Empress of Britain hotel, staffed only by owner Farid (Akim Tamiroff) and his French employee Mouche (Anne Baxter). While Bramble hopes to hide there, the hotel doesn't remain deserted for long – Rommel (a scene-stealing Erich von Stroheim) and his men arrive and take over the building as new headquarters. Bramble assumes the identity of a recently killed waiter...only to soon discover that this waiter was also serving as a German spy, a role Bramble now has to adopt for his own survival. And while Mouche knows Bramble's true identity, she has her own reasons for not wanting to aid in his plot. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Soundtracks
Five Graves to Cairo / So Proudly We Hail! / The Hour before Dawn
Music from the Motion Picture
Label: Intrada Records
Year: 2016
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 01:11:46
Notes: Limited edition.
1. | FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO: Prelude / First Scene / Walk In Desert (Abridged) | Miklós Rózsa | 06:49 |
2. | Herr Rommel | Miklós Rózsa | 02:21 |
3. | Herr Rommel Takes Coffee | Miklós Rózsa | 05:01 |
4. | Bramble & Soda | Miklós Rózsa | 03:15 |
5. | The Professor’s Photograph | Miklós Rózsa | 02:02 |
6. | Ordered to Cairo | Miklós Rózsa | 01:11 |
7. | Davos Discovered | Miklós Rózsa | 02:32 |
8. | Lieutenant Is Killed | Miklós Rózsa | 02:47 |
9. | Davos Departs | Miklós Rózsa | 02:06 |
10. | Victory Montage (Abridged) | Miklós Rózsa | 02:08 |
11. | Finale | Miklós Rózsa | 03:51 |
12. | SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!: Prelude | Miklós Rózsa | 02:37 |
13. | Shipboard (Based On “California, Here I Come”) | Miklós Rózsa | 02:19 |
14. | Brass Band (Aloha ’Oe) | Miklós Rózsa | 00:28 |
15. | Christmas Tree | Miklós Rózsa | 02:09 |
16. | Jingle Bells (Foxtrot) (Arr. Gil Grau) | Miklós Rózsa | 01:37 |
17. | Love Scene | Miklós Rózsa | 02:43 |
18. | Olivia And Planes | Miklós Rózsa | 02:19 |
19. | Morning | Miklós Rózsa | 00:43 |
20. | A Woman Driver | Miklós Rózsa | 00:36 |
21. | Finale | Miklós Rózsa | 00:58 |
22. | THE HOUR BEFORE DAWN: Prelude / England 1923 | Miklós Rózsa | 02:51 |
23. | May Returns | Miklós Rózsa | 00:59 |
24. | The Signal Fire | Miklós Rózsa | 03:38 |
25. | The Tragedy | Miklós Rózsa | 04:03 |
26. | Finale (Incorporating “There’ll Always Be An England”) | Miklós Rózsa | 01:05 |
27. | THE MAN IN HALF MOON STREET: Prelude | Miklós Rózsa | 01:10 |
28. | The Diary | Miklós Rózsa | 00:29 |
29. | Finale | Miklós Rózsa | 01:48 |
30. | THE WOMAN OF THE TOWN: Boot Hill (Finale) | Miklós Rózsa | 02:43 |
31. | THE EXTRAS: Bagpipes And Drums (Five Graves To Cairo) | Miklós Rózsa | 01:00 |
32. | Wagner Medley (Piano Solo) (The Hour Before The Dawn) | 01:28 |