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Did a Woman Start the Rout of Rommel?
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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.
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Directed by: Billy Wilder, John F. Seitz, Charles C. Coleman
Produced by: Buddy G. DeSylva, Charles Brackett
Composed by: Miklós Rózsa
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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)

Ian Keith
Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)

Miles Mander
Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)
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