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7.8/10   1,093 votes
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Writers:
L.C. Moyzisch (book)
Michael Wilson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
22 February 1952 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
5 FINGERS...BEHIND THEM THE FABULOUS TRUE EXPLOITS OF THE HIGHEST PAID SPY IN HISTORY! (original print ad - all caps)
Plot:
Based on a true story. In neutral Turkey during WWII, the ambitious and extremely efficient valet for... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
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Excellent all around more

Cast

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James Mason ... Ulysses Diello (Code Name: Cicero)
Danielle Darrieux ... Countess Anna Staviska
Michael Rennie ... Colin Travers
Walter Hampden ... Sir Frederic
Oskar Karlweis ... L. C. Moyzisch
Herbert Berghof ... Col. von Richter

John Wengraf ... Count Franz Von Papen
Ben Astar ... Siebert (as A. Ben Astar)
Roger Plowden ... Keith Macfadden
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Five Fingers
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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Filming Locations:
Ankara, Turkey

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
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. 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. more
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Featured in Vanités (2004) (V) more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent all around, 27 August 2001
Author: haristas from USA

This film is far from forgotten. Fans of James Mason and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz know it well. It's one of the most intelligent spy thrillers ever thanks to an Oscar-winning screenplay by Michael Wilson ("Bridge on the River Kwai," "Lawrence of Arabia," and the original "Planet of the Apes"). It also has a score by Bernard Herrmann. What else do you need? Other comments here have told what the plot is, so all I'll say is I envy you if haven't seen it yet and plan to. It's gripping and enjoyable all the way, and wonderfully ironic.

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