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Overview

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Director:

John Cromwell

Writers:

Henri La Barthe (novel)
John Howard Lawson (screenplay)
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Release Date:

5 August 1938 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Romance more

Tagline:

You've Got A Date With Danger, A Rendezvous With Romance In The Glamorous, Mysterious Algiers . . Make A Date Now !

Plot:

Beautiful Gaby meets a romantic jewel thief in the mysterious Casbah. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. more

User Comments:

Clouded by intrigue, aglow with ill-starred romance more (32 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Charles Boyer ... Pepe le Moko
Sigrid Gurie ... Ines

Hedy Lamarr ... Gaby
Joseph Calleia ... Inpector Slimane
Alan Hale ... Grandpere

Gene Lockhart ... Regis
Walter Kingsford ... Chef Inspector Louvain
Paul Harvey ... Commissioner Janvier
Stanley Fields ... Carlos
Johnny Downs ... Pierrot
Charles D. Brown ... Max
Robert Greig ... Giraux
Leonid Kinskey ... L'Arbi
Joan Woodbury ... Aicha
Nina Koshetz ... Tania (as Mme. Nina Koshetz)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

96 min (copyright length)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:Unrated (DVD) | Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:Approved (PCA #4331) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Algiers, Algeria more


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Trivia:

Charles Boyer's often repeated, and parodied, line "Come with me to the Casbah" was in the trailers but was never actually said in the film. According to an article in Smithsonian Magazine (July 2007), the line came from an impersonation of Boyer by the cartoon character Pepé Le Pew, in The Cats Bah (1954), an animated short." more

Quotes:

Inspector Slimane: I'm sorry, Pepe. He thought you were going to escape.
Pepe le Moko: And so I have, my friend.
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Featured in Teknolust (2002) more

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Clouded by intrigue, aglow with ill-starred romance, 5 September 2001
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Author: lora64 from Canada

I've seen this film countless times on tv, usually in the 1 a.m. time slot. Am always fascinated by it somehow. There's such an authentic atmosphere of the locale, very suspicious characters, intrigue and suspense both indoors and on the streets.

The suave Charles Boyer (as Pepe, the thief) certainly grips one's attention while he becomes more mired in the plot as it unfolds. Hedy Lamarr lights up the screen with her glowing beauty, one forgets she's supposed to be acting, but is that important? Of course not. I can't imagine the story having her engaged to marry an elderly wide-girthed fellow; my goodness, for her anything's better than that! There's a youngish Leonid Kinskey also appearing as a supporting actor, along with reliable Alan Hale (formerly Robin Hood's buddy, more or less) and Gene Lockhart, whom I've never seen in such a serious role as this one.

It's a movie that stands the test of time.

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