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63% Critic Match
Cairo
“There's never been a pyramid scheme like this!”
6.3 / 10• 1942• 1h 41m•NR• English
ComedyDramaMusic
Storyline
Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.
Cast & Crew
Jeanette MacDonald
Marcia Warren
Lead
Robert Young
Homer Smith, aka Juniper Jones
Ethel Waters
Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
Reginald Owen
Philo Cobson
Grant Mitchell
Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
Lionel Atwill
Teutonic Gentleman
Eduardo Ciannelli
Ahmed Ben Hassan (as Edward Ciannelli)
Mitchell Lewis
Ludwig
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. W.S. Van Dyke's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Cairo is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
