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The Man from Cairo

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Wikipedia article






'The Man from Cairo' is a 1953 British/Italian/American international coproduction film noir starring George Raft, who plays a man who is mistaken for a detective and sent to find lost World War II gold in Algiers, despite the film's title.

The film was Raft's last with top billing and the last of three films that he made for Lippert Pictures.Everett Aaker, 'The Films of George Raft', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 156 It was also the final feature film of director Ray Enright and the American film debut of Irene Papas.

Plot



The French government investigates the location of some bullion stolen during the war.

Tourist Mike Canelli, an ex-serviceman who served in Algeria during the war, is mistaken for an American agent assisting the French.

Cast



*George Raft as Mike Canelli

*Gianna Maria Canale as Lorraine Belogne

*Massimo Serato as Basil Constantine

*Guido Celano as Sgt. Emile Touchard

*Irene Papas as Yvonne Le Beaux

*Alfredo Varelli as General Dumont, also known as Professor Crespi

*Leon Lenoir as Capt. Akhim Bey

*Mino Doro as Major Le Blanc, assumed name of Emile Moreau

*Angelo Dessy as Pockmark

Production



The film was produced by Bernard Luber, who had just made 'Loan Shark' with Raft. It was shot on location in Algeria and Italy and was made for $155,000, with $80,000 in deferrals.

Reception



In a contemporary review for 'The New York Times', critic Howard Thompson found the film to be formulaic but with "a sleazy, authentic-looking backdrop." Thompson wrote: "Lethargically directed by Ray H. Enright, the action soon levels off to a dull, unsurprising trot. ... Mr. Raft is Mr. Raft, still the same competent, brisk and unimaginative performer. ... [T]he rest go through their assigned motions. It takes all of them a long time."

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