Dark Streets of Cairo

{{short description|1940 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Dark Streets of Cairo

| image = Dark Streets of Cairo --- movie poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Leslie Kardos
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
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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117030930/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/182321 BFI.org]{{cite web|title=DARK STREETS OF CAIRO (1941)|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/72326/dark-streets-of-cairo|website=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=11 January 2016}}{{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}} The central plot of the film concerns " [A group of] jewel smugglers in Cairo [who] try to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron".{{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}}