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The Man from Cairo (1953)

The Man from Cairo poster
Original title
The Man From Cairo
Directed by
Ray Enright
Genre
film noir
Country
United Kingdom, Italy
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American agent goes to North Africa to investigate a missing fortune. He gets tangled up with a woman and some shady characters in the Casbah.

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What happens

The Man from Cairo is a 1953 British/Italian/American international coproduction film noir starring George Raft. Released in Italy as Italian: Dramma nella Kasbah/Avventura ad Algeri, it also went under the alternative English titles Cairo Incident, Adventure in Algiers and Secrets of the Casbah. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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