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Algiers
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Henri La Barthe (novel)
John Howard Lawson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 August 1938 (USA) more
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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:
Fantastic backdrop and Hedy Lamarr, too! 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)
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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
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Trivia:
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. more
Quotes:
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. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Teknolust (2002) more
Soundtrack:
C'est la vie more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Fantastic backdrop and Hedy Lamarr, too!, 29 August 2005
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Author: kezcyr from florida, usa

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.

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