
Five Graves to Cairo(1943)
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.


“3 guys...and a couple of gals...and the mission that led them through 600 miles of burning hell!”
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.

John Mills
Captain Anson

Sylvia Syms
Sister Diana Murdoch

Anthony Quayle
Captain van der Poel

Harry Andrews
M.S.M. Pugh

Diane Clare
Sister Denise Norton

Richard Leech
Captain Crosbie

Liam Redmond
Brigadier (D.D.M.S.)

Allan Cuthbertson
Brigadier's Staff Officer

David Lodge
C.M.P Captain (Tank Trap)

Michael Nightingale
C.M.P Captain (Check Point)
Ice Cold in Alex is a war, adventure, drama film released in 1958 exploring themes of ambulance, spy, world war ii, beer, black and white, desert. Directed by J. Lee Thompson, it stars John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle. A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
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