The Man From Cairo
HE TOOK A DESPERATE CHANCE FOR A FORTUNE IN GOLD...and a Beautiful Woman!
1953 · 1h 21m · Approved
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Ray Enright
,
Edoardo Anton
Overview
"The Man from Cairo", a Michaeldavid production for distribution by Lippert, with Ray Enright the only credited director on the film print, finds Mike Canelli, the man from Cairo, nosing around Algiers with mystery surrounding the people he meets and the things he does and has done to him, all deriving from the war-time theft of $100,000,000 in gold which lies somewhere in the adjacent desert. People representing many nationalities and reasons are also seeking the gold. It boils down to a battle between Canelli and the original looter aboard a speeding train.
Director and cast
- Ray Enright Director
- Edoardo Anton Director
- George Raft as Mike Canelli
- Gianna Maria Canale as Lorraine Beloyan
- Massimo Serato as Basil Constantine
- Guido Celano as Emile Touchard
- Irene Papas as Yvonne Lebeau
- Alfredo Varelli as Prof. H. M. Crespi
- Leonardo Scavino as Police Capt. Akhim Bey (as Leon Lenoir)
- Mino Doro as Major C. Blanc
- Angelo Dessy as Pock-marked Thug
- Richard McNamara as Agent Charles Stark
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