The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He assumes the identity of a recently deceased waiter and is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, who fears the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans.

• DirectorBilly Wilder
• Release26 May 1943
• Genre
  War / Thriller
• Duration1h 36m
• Budget$855,000
• Revenue$1,200,000
• Rate
  

  6.9
  140 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Pictures