The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He assumes the identity of a recently deceased waiter and is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, who fears the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans.

• Paramount Pictures
• Franchot Tone
• Anne Baxter
• Akim Tamiroff
• Erich von Stroheim
• Peter van Eyck
• Fortunio Bonanova
• Philip Ahlm
• Roger Creed