Summary
Cairo Road is a British crime film first released in 1950,
directed by David MacDonald.
The film stars Eric Portman, Laurence Harvey, Maria Mauban, Camelia and Harold Lang.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: David MacDonald
- Script: Robert Westerby
- Photo: Oswald Morris
- Music: Robert Gill
- Cast: Eric Portman (Col. Youssef Bey), Laurence Harvey (Lt. Mourad), Maria Mauban (Marie), Camelia (Anna Michelis), Harold Lang (Rico Pavlis aka Humble), Grégoire Aslan (Lombardi), Karel Stepanek (Edouardo Pavlis), John Bailey (Doctor), Martin Boddey (Maj. Ahmed Mustafa), John Gregson (Coast Guardsman), Marne Maitland (Gohari), John Harvey (Maj. Maggoury), Oscar Quitak (Bedouin boy), Abraham Sofaer (Commandant), Ferdy Mayne (Doctor at Port Said), Peter Jones (Ship’s Lieutenant), Eric Pohlmann (Ship’s captain), Reginald Dyson (Prison governor), Arnold Diamond (Police major), Thomas Gallagher (Farghali), Michael Godfrey (Hassan), Walter Gotell (Prison officer), Harold Jaffa (Veterinary surgeon), Dennis Val Norton (Police doctor), Alan Tilvern (Photographer)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 83 min; B&W
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Drama / Crime


