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
Fortunio Bonanova
Gen. Sebastiano
Miles Mander
Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)
Franchot Tone
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Erich von Stroheim
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Art Gilmore
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ian Keith
Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)
Konstantin Shayne
Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
German Engineer (uncredited)
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Schwegler
Bud Geary
English Tank Commander (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)
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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