Five Graves to Cairo
★ 7 · 1943 · 96m · War · Thriller · Drama
During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.
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