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Cairo Road

  • 1950
  • 1h 23m
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5.5/10
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Cairo Road (1950)
AdventureCrimeDrama

An Egyptian drug unit investigates a wealthy Arab's murder, finding hashish on a ship. After one suspect kills another and flees, Colonel Yussef Bey plans to catch the drug trafficking broth... Read allAn Egyptian drug unit investigates a wealthy Arab's murder, finding hashish on a ship. After one suspect kills another and flees, Colonel Yussef Bey plans to catch the drug trafficking brothers.An Egyptian drug unit investigates a wealthy Arab's murder, finding hashish on a ship. After one suspect kills another and flees, Colonel Yussef Bey plans to catch the drug trafficking brothers.

  • Director
    • David MacDonald
  • Writer
    • Robert Westerby
  • Stars
    • Laurence Harvey
    • Dennis Val Norton
    • Alan Tilvern
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    289
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David MacDonald
    • Writer
      • Robert Westerby
    • Stars
      • Laurence Harvey
      • Dennis Val Norton
      • Alan Tilvern
    • 8User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Top Cast29

    Laurence Harvey
    Laurence Harvey
    • Lieutenant Mourad
    Dennis Val Norton
    • Police Doctor
    • (as Denis Val Norton)
    Alan Tilvern
    Alan Tilvern
    • Police Photographer
    Arnold Diamond
    Arnold Diamond
    • Police Major
    Eric Portman
    Eric Portman
    • Youssef Bey
    Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey
    • Major Ahmed Mustafa
    Maria Mauban
    • Marie
    Michael Godfrey
    Michael Godfrey
    • Hassan
    Marne Maitland
    Marne Maitland
    • Gohari
    Karel Štěpánek
    Karel Štěpánek
    • Edouardo Pavlis
    • (as Karel Stepanek)
    Reginald Dyson
    • Prison Governor
    John Bailey
    John Bailey
    • Mental Hospital Doctor
    Thomas Gallagher
    • Farghali
    Eric Pohlmann
    Eric Pohlmann
    • Ships Captain
    Peter Jones
    Peter Jones
    • Ships Lieutenant
    John Gregson
    John Gregson
    • Coastguard Lieutenant
    Camelia
    Camelia
    • Anna Michelis
    Harold Lang
    Harold Lang
    • Humble
    • Director
      • David MacDonald
    • Writer
      • Robert Westerby
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    Crime
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The actress Camelia Lilliane Victor Cohen (as Camelia) died just two months after the film was released. She perished along with all passengers and crew in the crash of TWA flight 903 on the 31st of August 1950. The aircraft crash landed in the desert outside Cairo after an engine fire and was destroyed.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Sasurai no tabiji (1951)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 2, 1950 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Achtung! Kairo... Opiumschmuggler
    • Filming locations
      • Welwyn Studios, Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK(studio: made at Welwyn Studios, England)
    • Production company
      • Mayflower Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 23m(83 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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