Foxhole in Cairo
| Foxhole in Cairo | |
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.jpg) Original British quad poster | |
| Directed by | John Llewellyn Moxey |
| Screenplay by | Leonard Mosley Donald Taylor |
| Produced by | Steven Pallos |
| Starring | James Robertson Justice Adrian Hoven Fenella Fielding |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
| Music by | Douglas Gamley Ken Jones |
| Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Foxhole in Cairo is a 1960 British war film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and based on a novel by Leonard Mosley itself based upon the real-life Operation Salaam.[1] It starred James Robertson Justice, Adrian Hoven, Fenella Fielding and Henry Oscar.[2] Future star Michael Caine makes a brief appearance as a German soldier, in one of his earlier screen roles.[3][4]
Synopsis
During the Second World War Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has placed two spies in Cairo, at the headquarters of the British Eighth Army. They are able to monitor every move of the British. It falls to British intelligence to hunt down the spies before they do too much damage to the war effort.
Cast
- James Robertson Justice as Captain Robertson
- Adrian Hoven as John Eppler
- Niall MacGinnis as Radek
- Peter van Eyck as Cont Almasky
- Robert Urquhart as Major Wilson
- Neil McCallum as Sandy
- Fenella Fielding as Yvette
- Gloria Mestre as Amina
- Albert Lieven as Erwin Rommel
- John Westbrook as Roger
- Lee Montague as Aberle
- Henry Oscar as Col. Zeltinger
- Howard Marion-Crawford as British Major
- Anthony Newlands as S.S. Colonel
- Richard Vernon as British General
- Nancy Nevinson as Signorina Signorelli
- Michael Caine as Weber
- Jerome Willis as 1st British Signals Sergeant
- Philip Bond as German signals sergeant
- Walter Randall as 2nd Barman
Reception
A 1961 New York Times review described the film as "a routine British-made espionage yarn" calling the plot "slack and predictable", while praising the professional performance of James Robertson Justice.[5]
See also
- Rommel Calls Cairo (1959)
References
- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). "British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film". Routledge – via Google Books.
- ^ "Foxhole in Cairo (1960)".
- ^ "Foxhole in Cairo". 28 October 1960 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Foxhole in Cairo (1960) - John Llewellyn Moxey - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "Screen: Wartime Spying; Foxhole in Cairo' Is British Import".
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