Dark Streets of Cairo

{{short description|1940 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Dark Streets of Cairo | image = Dark Streets of Cairo --- movie poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Leslie Kardos<br />Seward Webb | producer = Joseph G. Sanford | writer = Alex Gottlieb | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Sigrid Gurie|Ralph Byrd|Eddie Quillan|George Zucco|Katherine DeMille}} | music = Charles Previn<br />H. J. Salter | cinematography = | editing = Paul Landres | studio = Universal Pictures | distributor = | released = {{film date|1940|12|2|New York opening}} | runtime = 59 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117030930/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/182321 BFI.org]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DARK STREETS OF CAIRO (1941)|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/72326/dark-streets-of-cairo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228101801/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/72326/Dark-Streets-of-Cairo/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 28, 2015|website=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dark Streets of Cairo|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27632|website=AFI|publisher=afi.com|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref> The central plot of the film concerns " [A group of] jewel smugglers in Cairo [who] try to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033514/|access-date=2021-07-21|website=IMDb|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Cast== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * 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 * Frank Lackteen as A Phony Blind Beggar (uncredited) {{div col end}}

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0033514}}

Category:1940 films Category:American mystery films Category:Films set in Egypt Category:Universal Pictures films Category:1940 mystery films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1940 English-language films Category:Films directed by László Kardos Category:1940 American films Category:Films set in Cairo Category:English-language mystery films