War Thriller Drama
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.
Directed by
Billy Wilder
Anne Baxter
Mouche
Akim Tamiroff
Farid
Miles Mander
Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)
Franchot Tone
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Konstantin Shayne
Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Schwegler
Fortunio Bonanova
Gen. Sebastiano
Erich von Stroheim
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Ian Keith
Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)
Bud Geary
English Tank Commander (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
German Engineer (uncredited)
Fred Nurney
Maj. Lamprecht (uncredited)
Philip Ahlm
Second Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Third Soldier (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
British Captain (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Kenneth Anspach
German Soldier
John Erickson
First Soldier
Clyde Jackman
Rommel's Orderly
Bill Mussetter
Schwegler (Body Guard)
Peter F.U. Pohlney
German Soldier
John Royce
German Technician
Albert MacQuarrie
Gordon Carveth

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