Trunk to Cairo

Trunk to Cairo (German: Einer spielt falsch) is a 1966 Israeli-West German international co-production spy film directed by Menahem Golan and starring Audie Murphy and George Sanders. It was distributed by American International Pictures.[1] It was Murphy's first non-western or war film since The Quiet American in 1958.

Trunk to Cairo
Original film poster
Directed byMenahem Golan
Produced byMenahem Golan
Michael J. Kagan
Written byMarc Behm
Alexander Ramati
Artur Brauner
StarringAudie Murphy
George Sanders
Marianne Koch
Music byDov Seltzer
CinematographyMimish Herbst
Edited byDanny Shik
Production
company
CCC Film
Noah Films
Distributed byConstantin Film
American International Pictures (US)
United Artists (UK)
Release date
28 December 1966
Running time
103 minutes
CountryIsrael
West Germany
LanguageEnglish

Production

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Rome and Israel. The film's title was inspired by the 1964 discovery at Rome Airport of a bound and drugged man inside a trunk sent from the Egyptian Embassy at Rome to Cairo, marked "diplomatic mail."[2] The film included music by Dov Seltzer and a song "Dangerous Woman" written by Jean Raskin and sung by Ouela Gill.[3]

Plot

Mike Merrick (Audie Murphy) is an American agent who is sent to meet with Professor Schlieben (George Sanders) a German scientist. During the mission it is revealed that the professor is a Neo-Nazi, developing a weaponized rocket that can be used against the Western world. Merrick now must destroy the rocket plans hidden in Schlieben's lab. Things are further complicated when Radical Muslims insist on destroying the rocket themselves and Merrick. After kidnapping Schlieben's daughter he must now escape Middle Eastern intelligence agencies against impossible odds.

Cast

  • Audie Murphy as Mike Merrick
  • George Sanders as Professor Schlieben
  • Marianne Koch as Helga Schlieben
  • Hans von Borsody as Hans Klugg
  • Joseph Yadin as Captain Gabar
  • Gila Almagor as Yasmin
  • Eytan Priver as Jamil
  • Bomba Zur as Ali
  • Zeev Berlinsky as Benz
  • Shlomo Vishinsky as Jacob
  • Tikva Mor as Christina
  • Elana Eden as Hadassa
  • Mona Silberstein as Hostess
  • Yoel Noyman as Egyptian Colonel
  • Anna Schell as Belly Dancer
  • Suzanna Ratoni Fräulein Bruckner
  • Menashe Glazier as Mahmud

See also

References

  1. "Trunk to Cairo". audiemurphy.com. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/20/victim-of-kidnapping-in-trunk-identifies-himself-as-an-israeli.html?_r=0
  3. The Films of Audie Murphy - Page 212 0786445084 Bob Larkins, Boyd Magers - 2004 ... Daliah Priver; Sound Recording: Z. Naghtigal; Hair Stylist: R. Rimmel; Music: Dov Seltzer; Song: "Dangerous Woman" by ... such was the demand that even the shoddiest European co-production could find a willing market, so Trunk to Cairo .
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