Cairo
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Wolf Rilla
George Sanders
Richard Johnson
Faten Hamama
John Meillon
Ahmed Mazhar
Film Details
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Synopsis
Upon his release from a German jail, Major Pickering goes to Egypt to rob the Cairo museum of ancient gems. Involved in the scheme are Nicodemus, a nightclub owner; Willy, an explosives expert; Ali, a drug addict in love with a dancer, Amina; and Kuchuk, a fence. During the robbery an alarm is accidentally triggered, and the police arrive. Although the gang escapes with the gems, the police track down Nicodemus and force him to provide information about the crime. Kuchuk kills himself rather than go to jail, Willy dies of wounds received during the escape, and Ali, also seriously wounded, expires in the arms of Amina. The major almost escapes with the gems but lingers to admire a belly dancer and is captured.
Director
Wolf Rilla
Cast
George Sanders
Richard Johnson
Faten Hamama
John Meillon
Ahmed Mazhar
Eric Pohlmann
Walter Rilla
Kamal El Shennawy
Salah Nazmi
Chewikar
Mona
Abdel Khalek Saleh
Said Abu Bakr
Salah Mansour
Mohamed El Sayed
Youssef Shaaban
Ezzat El Alaili
Mohammed Abdel Rahman
Nahed Sabri
Aziza Hassan
Crew
Lawrence P. Bachmann
Joanne Court
Doreen Dearnaley
Desmond Dickinson
Peter Elliott
Dia Elmahdy
Ali Gamal-el-din
Bernard Gribble
Jim Hydes
Raphael Jabbour
Kenneth V. Jones
Ivan King
Ronald Kinnoch
Maher Abdel Nour
Aziza Murad Ibraham Osman
George Pollard
Simon Saleh
J. B. Smith
Alban Streeter
Iris Tilley
Fred Turtle
Hassan Abdel Wahab
Ted Wallis
Film Details
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Although Joanne Court was given credit for the screenplay when the film was initially released, according to official WGA records, Court was a pseudonym for writer Joan Scott. The WGA changed the screenplay credit to read: "Screenplay by Joan Scott." Location scenes filmed in Egypt. Opened in London in March 1963. A remake of The Asphalt Jungle (1950).
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 1963
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1963
Remake of "The Asphalt Jungle" (1949) directed by John Huston.
Released in United States January 1963
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1963
