Foxhole in Cairo

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Foxhole in Cairo
British Lion Film Corporation
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Foxhole in Cairo is a 1960 British

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

Reception

Kine Weekly called it a "money maker" at the British box office in 1960.[5]

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.[6]

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