The Man From Cairo

The Man From Cairo

HE TOOK A DESPERATE CHANCE FOR A FORTUNE IN GOLD...and a Beautiful Woman!

NR 1953 · 81 min · ★ 5.6 · Drama, Crime

"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.

Directed by Ray Enright · Written by Eugene Ling

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George Raft Mike Canelli
Gianna Maria Canale Lorraine Beloyan
Massimo Serato Basil Constantine
Guido Celano Emile Touchard
Irene Papas Yvonne Lebeau
Alfredo Varelli Prof. H. M. Crespi
Leonardo Scavino Police Capt. Akhim Bey (as Leon Lenoir)
Mino Doro Major C. Blanc
Angelo Dessy Pock-marked Thug
Richard McNamara Agent Charles Stark
Franco Silva Armeno

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