Five Graves to Cairo
1943 · 96 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 7,255 VOTES · DIR. Billy Wilder
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,764 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:05 Subtitles by DHM
00:09:14 I must return to my outfit. Abbott! Stebbins! Fitch!
00:12:30 We rather like to know where the light switch is before we enter a dark room.
00:15:54 The Italian.
00:20:01 Mouche, please, help me.
00:22:35 You come with me.
00:26:20 I beg your pardon, Your Excellency?
00:29:55 German measles!
00:32:29 It’s perfectly simple. The Germans were smart again.
00:34:37 Business? I see. That’s not very attractive, Mademoiselle.
00:38:37 Mouche!
00:41:45 If I had shed tears or wept, maybe you’d listen.
00:46:00 It is too early in the morning to offer you gentlemen a drink?
00:49:03 Coffee ready?
00:51:28 Take risotto, for instance. What an emissary of good will!
00:54:14 Took you wives on little pleasure trips.
00:57:22 He’s a good man, Davos.
01:00:17 Good afternoon, Lieutenant.
01:02:52 From there, a guide will get you through the British lines.
01:06:10 - He has been wonderful to me. - I’m sorry.
01:10:35 - I know, sir. - Then what are you doing here?
01:18:03 There’ll be my waiter’s jacket and my shirt with some blood on it.
01:22:12 ... in your portion thereof in a very particular spot.
01:28:48 You are not from Milano.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,764
Dialogue density28.8 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line01:28:48
Production Record
DirectorBilly Wilder
LanguageEnglish
Budget$855,000
Revenue$1,200,000
IMDb votes7,255