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Release Date:
5 August 1938 (USA)
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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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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
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Fantastic backdrop and Hedy Lamarr, too!
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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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96 min (copyright length)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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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
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Animator Chuck Jones based the Warner Brothers cartoon character "Pepe le Pew" on the "Pepe le Moko" character played by Charles Boyer in this film.
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Pepe le Moko:
You're beautiful. That's easy to say. I know that other people have told you. But what I'm telling you is different, see? For to me you're more than that.
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C'est la vie
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What's not to like about this movie? The line "Take Me to the Casbah" is quite timeless... I think I probably first heard it from Bugs Bunny. Well, this is the movie that explains the line (i.e. Movie Trivia for Dummies). There is some great footage (which I do not know for sure, but would bet is actual) from "the Casbah" section of Algiers...Fascinating. There is also the great Charles Boyer as Pepe. He's suave, debonair, fabulously foreign, and also a complete louse ala his mistress, Ines. I just hate that all of the most fabulous movie stars are dead!! Consider also Pepe's "new" love interest, played by Hedy Lamarr. Good grief! She is gorgeous on par with Rita Hayworth in "Gilda." She's very posh, but likes slumming it, too. You can't help but root for this couple to beat the odds.