5 Fingers (1952)
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- Approved
- 1h 48min
- Crime, Drama
- 07 Mar 1952 (USA)
- Movie
During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations.
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Complete, Cast awaiting verification
| 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 | ... |
Count Franz Von Papen
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| Ben Astar | ... |
Siebert
(as A. Ben Astar)
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Roger Plowden | ... |
Keith Macfadden
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Abdullah Abbas | ... |
Customer (uncredited)
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Diane Adrian | ... |
Singer on French Record (uncredited) (voice)
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| Hanna Axmann-Rezzori | ... |
Von Papen's Secretary (uncredited)
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Salvador Baguez | ... |
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
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| David Bauer | ... |
Da Costa (uncredited)
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Harry Baum | ... |
Footman (uncredited)
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Maurice Brierre | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Oliver Cross | ... |
British Officer (uncredited)
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Alexis Davidoff | ... |
Turk Guard (uncredited)
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Jack Deery | ... |
British Officer (uncredited)
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| Lawrence Dobkin | ... |
Santos (uncredited)
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Antonio Filauri | ... |
Italian Ambassador (uncredited)
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Elias Gamboa | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Israel Garcia | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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| Martin Garralaga | ... |
Diello's Butler (uncredited)
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Kay Garrett | ... |
Parliament Member (uncredited)
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Kenneth Gibson | ... |
British Officer (uncredited)
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| Stuart Hall | ... |
British Military Attaché (uncredited)
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| Lumsden Hare | ... |
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
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Yeghishe Harout | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Frank Hemingway | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Paul H. Jackson | ... |
Turk (uncredited)
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| Aram Katcher | ... |
Turk (uncredited)
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Faith Kruger | ... |
German Singer (uncredited)
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Stanley Logan | ... |
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
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| Richard Loo | ... |
Japanese Ambassador (uncredited)
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| Lester Matthews | ... |
Undersecretary (uncredited)
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Keith McConnell | ... |
Johnson (uncredited)
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| Frank McLure | ... |
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
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| Charles Meakin | ... |
Parliament Member (uncredited)
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| Alberto Morin | ... |
Anna Staviska's Butler (uncredited)
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| Neyle Morrow | ... |
Moslem Priest (uncredited)
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Jeroma Moshan | ... |
Charwoman (uncredited)
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Leo Mostovoy | ... |
Spectator (uncredited)
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| Nestor Paiva | ... |
Turkish Ambassador (uncredited)
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| Michael Pate | ... |
Morrison (uncredited)
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John Candan Rahmi | ... |
Turk (uncredited)
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| Suzanne Ridgway | ... |
Reception Guest (uncredited)
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| Gene Roth | ... |
Turkish Policeman (uncredited)
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| Konstantin Shayne | ... |
Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Marc Snow | ... |
Banker (uncredited)
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Paul Stathes | ... |
Reception Guest (uncredited)
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| John Sutton | ... |
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Sadik Tarlan | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Theresa Testa | ... |
Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Walter Theil | ... |
German Secretary (uncredited)
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| Ivan Triesault | ... |
Steuben (uncredited)
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Joan Van Dyke | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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| Otto Waldis | ... |
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
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| Patrick Whyte | ... |
Code Clerk (uncredited)
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| Tom Wilson | ... |
Customer (uncredited)
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Alfred Zeisler | ... |
Gen. Joseph Kaltenbrunner (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | ||
Written by
| Michael Wilson | ... | (screenplay) |
| L.C. Moyzisch | ... | (book "Operation Cicero") |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Otto Lang | ... | producer |
| Gerd Oswald | ... | associate producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Bernard Herrmann | ||
Cinematography by
| Norbert Brodine | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| James B. Clark | ||
Editorial Department
| Lyman Hallowell | ... | apprentice editor (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
| George W. Davis | ||
| Lyle R. Wheeler | ... | (as Lyle Wheeler) |
Set Decoration by
| Thomas Little | ||
| Walter M. Scott | ||
Makeup Department
| Ben Nye | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Gaston Glass | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
| Max Golden | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Bruce Fowler Jr. | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
| Otto Lang | ... | director of additional sequences (uncredited) |
| Gerd Oswald | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| W.D. Flick | ... | sound |
| Roger Heman Sr. | ... | sound (as Roger Heman) |
Visual Effects by
| Ray Kellogg | ... | special photographic effects |
| Fred Sersen | ... | special photographic effects (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Charles Le Maire | ... | wardrobe director |
Music Department
| Bernard Herrmann | ... | conductor (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Florence O'Neill | ... | dialogue director (uncredited) |
| Mehmet Adil Ozkaptan | ... | technical advisor (uncredited) |
| Otto von Strahl | ... | technical advisor (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Twentieth Century Fox (1952) (United States) (theatrical)
- Fox Films (1952) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1952) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1952) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1952) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1952) (France) (theatrical) (35 and 16 mm)
- Twentieth Century-Fox (1952) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Fox Films (1953) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (1953) (Spain) (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1962) (United States) (tv)
- Adams Filmi (1966) (Finland) (theatrical) (re-release)
- France 3 (1982) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
- Disney Channel (1983) (United States) (tv) (as The Disney Channel)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1995) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc)
- Les Acacias (2002) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Carlotta Films (2004) (France) (theatrical)
- Optimum Home Entertainment (2004) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Paradiso Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Les Acacias (2008) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Swashbuckler Films (2019) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- Epoca (Argentina) (VHS)
- Fox Video (United States) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Titra Film Paris (subtitles) (original version with French subtitles)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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 Germans. When he makes a certain amount of money, he will retire to South America with the countess as his wife.
Written by Ken Yousten |
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| Taglines | 5 FINGERS...BEHIND THEM THE FABULOUS TRUE EXPLOITS OF THE HIGHEST PAID SPY IN HISTORY! (original print ad - all caps) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| 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. See more » |
| Goofs | 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 » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Bulworth (1998). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Ride of the Valkyries See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Before the movie title: This is a true story. All the exterior scenes in this picture were filmed in the locales associated with the story. See more » |
| Quotes |
Count Franz Von Papen:
I've often wondered, Countess - why did you leave Warsaw? Countess Anna Staviska: Bombs were falling. I felt I was in the way. See more » |