5 Fingers (1952)


5 Fingers
Release Date22 February 1952
Other NamesFive Fingers
Tagline5 FINGERS...BEHIND THEM THE FABULOUS TRUE EXPLOITS OF THE HIGHEST PAID SPY IN HISTORY! (original print ad - all caps)
GenreDrama, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsAnkara, Turkey
LanguageEnglish, German, Portuguese, Turkish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassWar Spy Film
Niche GenreSpy Film
MoodNail-biters
ThemesDouble Life, Traitorous Spies/Double Agents
TonesCynical, Tense, Witty, Wry
TagsBritish, D Day, Document, Embassy, Espionage, Nazi, Treason, Valet [servant]
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5 Fingers, known also as Five Fingers, is a 1952 American 20th Century Fox spy film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Otto Lang. The screenplay by Michael Wilson and Mankiewicz was based on Operation Cicero (Original German: Der Fall Cicero) (1950) by L.C. Moyzisch.


Cast and Crew


Cast

James Mason
Ulysses Diello

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

Roger Plowden
Keith Macfadden

Hannelore Axman
Von Papen's secretary

Salvador Baguez
Ship's captain

Antonio Filauri
Italian Ambassador

Martin Garralaga
Butler

Stuart Hall
British military attache

Yeghishe Harout
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Frank Hemingway
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Aram Katcher
Turk

Faith Kruger
German singer

Richard Loo
Japanese Ambassador

Lester Matthews
Undersecretary

Keith McConnell
Johnson

Alberto Morin
Butler

Jeroma Moshan
Charwoman

Leo Mostovoy
-

Nestor Paiva
Turkish Ambassador

Michael Pate
Morrison

Konstantin Shayne
Proprietor

Marc Snow
Banker

John Sutton
Narrator

Sadik Tarlan
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Ivan Triesault
Steuben

Otto Waldis
Pullman porter

David Wolfe
Da Costa

Alfred Zeisler
Kaltenbrunner

Producer

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
uncredited

L.C. Moyzisch
book "Operation Cicero"

Michael Wilson
screenplay

Otto Lang
producer

Gerd Oswald
associate producer

Original Music

Bernard Herrmann
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Cinematographer

Norbert Brodine
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Editor

James B. Clark
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Art Director

George W. Davis
-

Set Decorator

Thomas Little
-

Walter M. Scott
-

Makeup Department

Ben Nye
makeup artist

Sound Department

W.D. Flick
sound

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

Special Effects

Ray Kellogg
special photographic effects

Fred Sersen
special effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Charles Le Maire
wardrobe director

Music Department

Bernard Herrmann
orchestrator

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E.

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Fox Video

Optimum Home Entertainment

Paradiso Home Entertainment