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.
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
Philip Ahlm
Second Soldier (uncredited)
Roger Creed
Fourth Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Third Soldier (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
British Captain (uncredited)
Bud Geary
English Tank Commander (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
German Sergeant (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)
Konstantin Shayne
Maj. Von Buelow (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
Sam Waagenaar
Rommel's Orderly
Crew
Billy Wilder
Director, Screenplay
Charles Brackett
Screenplay, Associate Producer
Doane Harrison
Editor
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Herbert Coleman
Assistant Director
Henry S. Kesler
Assistant Director
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Haskell B. Boggs
Camera Operator
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera
Edith Head
Costume Design
Leonora Sabine
Hairstylist
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Albert MacQuarrie
Makeup Artist
William Knight
Makeup Artist
Ferrol Redd
Sound Recordist
Philip Wisdom
Sound Recordist
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration
Sam Comer
Set Dressing Supervisor
Norman Lacey
Location Manager
Roger Creed
Stunts
Gordon Carveth
Stunts
Hugh Brown
Unit Manager
Sidney Street
Unit Manager
Lajos Biró
Theatre Play
Ernst Fegté
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Eugene Zador
Orchestrator
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