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The Man from Cairo (Italian: Dramma nella Kasbah/Avventura ad Algeri) 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.[2]

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The Man from Cairo
Directed by	Ray Enright
Written by	Eugene Ling Phillip Stevens Janice Stevens
Based on	story by Ladislas Fodor
Produced by	Bernard Luber
Starring	George Raft Gianna Maria Canale Massimo Serato Irene Papas
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production company	Michael David Productions
Distributed by	Eros Films (UK) Lippert Films
Release date	27 November 1953
Countries	United Kingdom Italy United States
Language	English
Budget	$235,000[1]

The film was Raft's last with top billing and the last of three films that he made for Lippert Pictures.[3] It was also the final feature film of director Ray Enright and the American film debut of Irene Papas.[1]

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.[1]

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."[4]

References

External links

• The Man from Cairo at IMDb
• The Man from Cairo at TCMDB
• Review of film at New York Times

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