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Cairo Road (1950)
Director: David MacDonald
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Britain's Anti-Narcotics Bureau takes the fight against the dope smugglers to the Egyptian capital in this workaday thriller, whose makers actually took the trouble to go to Cairo and Port Said to shoot it. Twenty-something Harvey makes an early appearance as Inspector Portman's bumbling, keen-as-mustard assistant.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: David MacDonald
Producer: Aubrey Baring
Cast: Eric Portman, Laurence Harvey, Maria Mauban, Camelia, Harold Lang, Karel Stepanek, John Gregson, Peter Jones full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 95 mins
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