Pros: Entertaining performances by Actors von Stroheim, Baxter, Tamiroff, Bonanova. Bracket/Wilder screenplay. Billy Wilder's direction. Propaganda Cons: National, racial stereotypes. Entirely fictionalizes one of two crucial battles in World War II. Propaganda.
"DID A WOMAN START THE ROUT OF ROMMEL?" Want Entertainment? Want REAL Propaganda? The above tagline for Billy Wilder and Charlie Bracket's entertaining FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO, about the British 1942 defeat of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's ...
Pros: Nifty, clever, great acting, great direction, great story. Cons: Lead British character has no trace of British accent.
A really nifty war picture by the great Billy Wilder ('Ninotchka', 'Double Indemnity', 'Sunset Blvd', 'Witness for the Prosecution', etc.). There are no 'battle' scenes, instead, the plot centers around a mystery of strategy of the Desert Fox - Erwin...
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