Dark Streets of Cairo

1940 film

Sigrid Gurie
Ralph Byrd
Eddie Quillan
George Zucco
Katherine DeMille

Edited byPaul LandresMusic byCharles Previn
H. J. Salter

Production
company

Universal Pictures

Release date

December 2, 1940 (1940-12-02) (New York opening)

Running time

59 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Dark Streets of Cairo is a 1940 American mystery film directed by László Kardos and starring Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Eddie Quillan, George Zucco and Katherine DeMille.^[1]^[2]^[3] The central plot of the film concerns " [A group of] jewel smugglers in Cairo [who] try to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron".^[4]

Cast

Sigrid Gurie as Ellen Stephens
Ralph Byrd as Dennis Martin
Eddie Quillan as Jerry Jones
George Zucco as Abbadi
Katherine DeMille as Shari Abbadi
Rod La Rocque as Inspector Joachim
Sig Arno as Khattab
Yolande Donlan as Maggie Malone
Lloyd Corrigan as Baron Stephens
Henry Brandon as Hussien
Nestor Paiva as Ahmend
Dick Botiller as Nardo
Steven Geray as Bellboy
Wright Kramer as Professor Wyndham

References

^ BFI.org
^ "DARK STREETS OF CAIRO (1941)". Turner Classic Movies. tcm.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ "Dark Streets of Cairo". AFI. afi.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ "Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-07-21.