5 Fingers (1952)

5 Fingers (1952)

„5 Fingers“ is a 1952 spy film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz who wrote the screenplay together with Michael Wilson that is based on the 1950 novel „Operation Cicero“ by L.C. Moyzisch.

During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

Cast:

• James Mason – Ulysses Diello
• Danielle Darrieux – Countess Anna Staviska
• Michael Rennie – Colin Travers
• Walter Hampden – Sir Frederic Taylor
• Oskar Karlweis – L. C. Moyzisch
• Herbert Berghof – Col. von Richter
• John Wengraf – Count Franz Von Papen
• Ben Astar – Siebert
• Roger Plowden – Keith Macfadden
• Alberto Morin – Anna Staviska’s Butler
• Marc Snow – Banker
• Stuart Hall – British Military Attaché
• Oliver Cross – British Officer
• Jack Deery – British Officer
• Kenneth Gibson – British Officer
• Jeroma Moshan – Charwoman
• Patrick Whyte – Code Clerk
• Abdullah Abbas – Customer
• Tom Wilson – Customer
• David Bauer – Da Costa
• Martin Garralaga – Diello’s Butler
• Harry Baum – Footman
• Alfred Zeisler – Gen. Joseph Kaltenbrunner
• Walter Theil – German Secretary
• Faith Kruger – German Singer
• Konstantin Shayne – Headwaiter
• Antonio Filauri – Italian Ambassador
• Richard Loo – Japanese Ambassador
• Keith McConnell – Johnson
• Lumsden Hare – Member of Parliament
• Stanley Logan – Member of Parliament
• Frank McLure – Member of Parliament
• Maurice Brierre – Minor Role
• Yeghishe Harout – Minor Role
• Frank Hemingway – Minor Role
• Sadik Tarlan – Minor Role
• Joan Van Dyke – Minor Role
• Michael Pate – Morrison
• Neyle Morrow – Moslem Priest
• John Sutton – Narrator (voice)
• Kay Garrett – Parliament Member
• Charles Meakin – Parliament Member
• Theresa Testa – Pedestrian
• Otto Waldis – Pullman Porter
• Suzanne Ridgway – Reception Guest
• Paul Stathes – Reception Guest
• Elias Gamboa – Restaurant Patron
• Israel Garcia – Restaurant Patron
• Lawrence Dobkin – Santos
• Salvador Baguez – Ship’s Captain
• Diane Adrian – Singer on French Record (voice)
• Leo Mostovoy – Spectator
• Ivan Triesault – Steuben
• Paul H. Jackson – Turk
• Aram Katcher – Turk
• John Candan Rahmi – Turk
• Alexis Davidoff – Turk Guard
• Nestor Paiva – Turkish Ambassador
• Gene Roth – Turkish Policeman
• Lester Matthews – Undersecretary
• Hanna Axmann-Rezzori – Von Papen’s Secretary

„Der Fall Cicero“ (5 Fingers) ist ein Spionagefilm aus dem Jahr 1952 unter der Regie von Joseph L. Mankiewicz, der zusammen mit Michael Wilson das Drehbuch schrieb, das auf dem Roman „Operation Cicero“ von L.C. Moyzisch aus dem Jahr 1950 basiert.

Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs verkauft der Diener des britischen Botschafters in Ankara britische Geheimnisse an die Deutschen, während er versucht, eine Romanze mit einer geflüchteten polnischen Gräfin zu führen.