Cairo

Cairo (1963)

An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum. MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.

Data lansării
1963-07-17
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (9)
Durată
1 h 31 min
Genuri
Crimă
Regizor
Wolf Rilla

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Cairo is a 1963 heist film directed by Wolf Rilla, written by Joan LaCour Scott, and starring George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamama, John Meillon, Ahmed Mazhar and Eric Pohlmann. It is a remake of the 1950 film noir The Asphalt Jungle, relocated from the American Midwest to the titular Egyptian city. The film was released in January 1963 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Production

The film reunited the star, producer and director of Village of the Damned (1960) and was made through MGM's British production arm under Lawrence Bachmann. It was shot entirely in and around Cairo, including at the Egyptian Museum, the City of the Dead, the Giza Plateau, the Colossi of Memnon, the Medinet Habu and Cairo International Airport. Studio interiors were shot at Arabian Studios. Filming took place in mid 1962.

Richard Johnson was under contract to MGM.

Prominent Egyptian composer Andre Ryder was originally attached to write the film's score, but was replaced by Kenneth V. Jones before release.

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