Foxhole in Cairo

Foxhole in Cairo
Directed by	John Llewelly Moxey
Produced by	Steven Pallos
Written by	Leonard Mosley
Starring	James Robertson Justice Adrian Hoven Fenella Fielding
Music by	Douglas Gamley Ken Jones
Cinematography	Desmond Dickinson
Distributed by	British Lion Film Corporation
Release dates	1960 (1960)
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. It starred James Robertson Justice, Adrian Hoven, Fenella Fielding and Henry Oscar. Future star Michael Caine makes a brief appearance as a German soldier, in one of his earlier screen roles.^[1]

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

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.^[2]

References

External links

Foxhole in Cairo at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by John Llewellyn Moxey

The City of the Dead (1960)
Foxhole in Cairo (1960)
Death Trap (1962)
Ricochet (1962)
Hold My Hand, Soldier (1963)
Downfall (1964)
Strangler's Web (1965)
Circus of Fear (1966)
The Solarnauts (1967)
Dial M for Murder (1967)
Laura (1968)
A Hatful of Rain (1968)
The House That Would Not Die (1970)
Escape
The Last Child (1971)
A Taste of Evil (1971)
The Death of Me Yet (1971)
The Night Stalker (1972)
The Bounty Man (1972)
Home for the Holidays (1972)
Genesis II (1973)
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence (1974)
Where Have All the People Gone? (1974)
Foster and Laurie (1975)
Conspiracy of Terror (1975)
Nightmare in Badham County (1976)
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)
Panic in Echo Park (1977)
Intimate Strangers (1977)
The President's Mistress (1978)
The Courage and the Passion (1978)
Sanctuary of Fear (1979)
The Power Within (1979)
Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979)
The Solitary Man (1979)
The Children of An Lac (1980)
The Mating Season (1980)
No Place to Hide (1981)
The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981)
Killjoy (1981)
Desire, the Vampire (1982)
The Cradle Will Fall (1983)
Through Naked Eyes (1983)
When Dreams Come True (1985)
Deadly Deception (1987)
Sadie and Son (1987)
Outback Bound (1988)
Lady Mobster (1988)

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