Nothing wrong with suspense that evokes strong identification with Allied heroes in WWII. Those in the movie theaters in the US had been guaranteed that Allied losses were not in vain. Baxter personifies what we were fighting for. Tone provides the heroic road to victory. In 1943 there was nothing the war didn't touch. The global patriotism the immigrant Wilder fully expresses is now somewhat forgotten. His direction is impeccable and the camera is of the highest art. The supreme acting talent of the terrified Tamiroff is balanced against his equal and opposite in the terrifying totalitarian field marshal. The collective presence of the Nazis in their motorized columns and their mechanical manners at headquarters mark a curse where death waits to happen.
Review of Five Graves to Cairo
