Cairo (1963)

Directed by

Wolf Rilla

Genre

drama film, action film, crime film

Country

Egypt, United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

16

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of criminals plans a jewelry heist in Cairo. The film follows their preparations and the events after the robbery goes wrong.

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What happens

Cairo is a 1963 heist film directed by Wolf Rilla, written by Joan LaCour Scott, and starring George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamama (in her only English-language role), John Meillon, Ahmed Mazhar and Eric Pohlmann. It is a remake of the 1950 film noir The Asphalt Jungle, relocated from the American Midwest to the titular Egyptian city. The film was released in January 1963 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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