"During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use."
Franchot Tone
as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Anne Baxter
as Mouche
Akim Tamiroff
as Farid
Erich von Stroheim
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Peter van Eyck
as Lt. Schwegler
Fortunio Bonanova
as Gen. Sebastiano
Philip Ahlm
as Second Soldier (uncredited)
Roger Creed
as Fourth Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
as Third Soldier (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
as British Captain (uncredited)
Bud Geary
as English Tank Commander (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
as German Sergeant (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
as German Engineer (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ian Keith
as Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)
Miles Mander
as Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)
Fred Nurney
as Maj. Lamprecht (uncredited)
Konstantin Shayne
as Maj. Von Buelow (uncredited)
Kenneth Anspach
as German Soldier
John Erickson
as First Soldier
Clyde Jackman
as Rommel's Orderly
Bill Mussetter
as Schwegler (Body Guard)
Peter F.U. Pohlney
John Royce
as German Technician
Sam Waagenaar
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration
Doane Harrison
Editor
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Charles Brackett
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Director
Ernst Fegté
Edith Head
Costume Design
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Stunts
Sam Comer
Set Dressing Supervisor
Henry S. Kesler
Assistant Director
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Charles C. Coleman
Herbert Coleman
Ben Nye
Associate Producer
Albert MacQuarrie
Leonora Sabine
Hairstylist
Eugene Zador
Orchestrator
Sidney Street
Unit Manager
Hugh Brown
Haskell B. Boggs
Camera Operator
Gordon Carveth
William Knight
Philip Wisdom
Sound Recordist
Ferrol Redd
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera
Norman Lacey
Location Manager
Lajos Biró
Theatre Play