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Cairo is a 1942 musical comedy film made by MGM and Loew's, and directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The screenplay was written by John McClain, based on an idea by Ladislas Fodor about a news reporter shipwrecked in a torpedo attack, who teams up with a Hollywood singer and her maid to foil Nazi spies.
Cairo: Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. With Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Ethel Waters, Reginald Owen. Reporter Homer Smith accidentally draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Convoys with robot-planes.
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- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- W.S. Van Dyke
- 1942-08-17
MacDonald, however, chose to stay and make the one film she still owed MGM, and thus was Cairo (1942) born. In this spy spoof, MacDonald shows a nice flair for comedy as a Hollywood star working as a nightclub singer in Europe, one who is suspected of being a Nazi spy by reporter Robert Young.
- Maj. W. S. Van Dyke Ii, Marvin Stuart
- Jeanette Macdonald
After the Cavity Rock, California Times Leader newspaper is chosen as America's typical small town newspaper, reporter Homer Smith gets to go abroad and report on the war in a series of articles to be shared with other small-town newspapers.
Cairo (1942) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A torpedoed newsman (Robert Young) foils Nazi spies in Cairo with a Hollywood singer (Jeanette MacDonald) and her maid (Ethel Waters).
- Musical, Comedy
Cairo is a 1942 musical comedy film made by MGM and Loew's, and directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The screenplay was written by John McClain, based on an idea by Ladislas Fodor about a news reporter shipwrecked in a torpedo attack, who teams up with a Hollywood singer and her maid to foil Nazi spies.
