The Man From Cairo

Sep 3, 1953

1h 21m

★ 5.0

HE TOOK A DESPERATE CHANCE FOR A FORTUNE IN GOLD...and a Beautiful Woman!

Overview

"The Man from Cairo", a Michaeldavid production for distribution by Lippert, with Ray Enright the only credited director on the film print, finds Mike Canelli, the man from Cairo, nosing around Algiers with mystery surrounding the people he meets and the things he does and has done to him, all deriving from the war-time theft of $100,000,000 in gold which lies somewhere in the adjacent desert. People representing many nationalities and reasons are also seeking the gold. It boils down to a battle between Canelli and the original looter aboard a speeding train.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Michaeldavid Productions

Societa Italiana Gestioni Manifestazioni

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Cast

Mike Canelli

George Raft

Lorraine Beloyan

Gianna Maria Canale

Basil Constantine

Massimo Serato

Emile Touchard

Guido Celano

Yvonne Lebeau

Irene Papas

Prof. H. M. Crespi

Alfredo Varelli

Police Capt. Akhim Bey (as Leon Lenoir)

Leonardo Scavino

Major C. Blanc

Mino Doro

Pock-marked Thug

Angelo Dessy

Agent Charles Stark

Richard McNamara

Armeno

Franco Silva

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