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.
Directed by Billy Wilder
hotel
egypt
world war ii
grave
german officer
black and white
desert
british soldier
assumed identity
nazi spy
rommel
north africa
tank battle
man with limp
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
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Cast
Franchot Tone
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Anne Baxter
Mouche
Akim Tamiroff
Farid
Erich von Stroheim
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Peter van Eyck
Lt. Schwegler
Fortunio Bonanova
Gen. Sebastiano
Bud Geary
English Tank Commander (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
German Engineer (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ian Keith
Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)
Miles Mander
Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)
Fred Nurney
Maj. Lamprecht (uncredited)
Crew
Billy Wilder
Director
Charles Brackett
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Edith Head
Costume Design
Sam Comer
Set Dressing Supervisor
Charles Brackett
Associate Producer
Lajos Biró
Theatre Play
Popular Reviews
14 reviews
Erik Olsson
7.0★ · 01/04/25
Enjoyable, but not as good as I would've liked for Wilder doing a film like this. Von Stroheim is a great villain though. Probably give this another shot one day.
Enjoyable, but not as good as I would've liked for Wilder doing a film like this. Von Stroheim is a great villain though. Probably give this another shot one day.
