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5 Fingers (1952)
7.7
During WWII the valet to the English Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess. Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
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| James Mason | ... |
Ulysses Diello
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| Danielle Darrieux | ... |
Countess Anna Staviska
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| Michael Rennie | ... |
Colin Travers
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Walter Hampden | ... |
Sir Frederic Taylor
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Oskar Karlweis | ... |
L. C. Moyzisch
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Herbert Berghof | ... |
Col. von Richter
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| John Wengraf | ... | ||
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Ben Astar | ... |
Siebert
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Roger Plowden | ... |
Keith Macfadden
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Storyline
Based on a true story. In neutral Turkey during WWII, the ambitious and extremely efficient valet for the British ambassador tires of being a servant and forms a plan to promote himself to rich gentleman of leisure. His employer has many secret documents; he will photograph them, and with the help of a refugee Countess, sell them to the Nazis. When he makes a certain amount of money, he will retire to South America with the Countess as his wife. Written by Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>
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5 FINGERS...BEHIND THEM THE FABULOUS TRUE EXPLOITS OF THE HIGHEST PAID SPY IN HISTORY! (original print ad - all caps) See more »Parents Guide:
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Cinco dedos See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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This is a true story. All the exterior scenes in this picture were filmed
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The real Cicero was Elyesa Bazna, an Albanian. In his book, "I Was Cicero" he retells the story, listing his collaborators as a chambermaid and his niece. The character of the countess was a Hollywood fabrication. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the Britsh ambassador's valet Diello (Brit James Mason) suggests that his new German spymaster change the combination on the latter's safe, he gives the existing combination 1-30-33 as based on the date of Hitler's rise to power, suggesting instead 6-18-15, the date of the Battle of Waterloo. One would expect an employee of the Britsh Embassy (particularly one born in the UK) to have used "European" notation (date/month/year) instead of US notation (month/day/year), particularly when speaking with a German. See more »Quotes
Japanese Ambassador: Baron von Papen, I hope your country appreciates you. You're the only unpredictable German I have ever met.See more »
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Before the movie title:This is a true story. All the exterior scenes in this picture were filmed
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