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

Cast

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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)
Claudia Dell ... Marie Bertier
Bert Roach ... Maxim Bertier
Ben Hall ... Gil
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Gino Corrado ... Detective (uncredited)
Armand Kaliz ... French Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Stanley Price ... Native with Water Pipe (uncredited)
Luana Walters ... Native Waitress (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Cromwell 
 
Writing credits
Henri La Barthe (novel "Pépé le Moko") (as Detective Ashelbe)

John Howard Lawson (screenplay)

James M. Cain (additional dialogue)

Produced by
Walter Wanger .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Vincent Scotto 
Mohamed Ygerbuchen  (as Mohammed Igarbouchen)
 
Cinematography by
James Wong Howe 
 
Film Editing by
Otho Lovering 
William Reynolds 
 
Art Direction by
Alexander Toluboff 
 
Makeup Department
Nina Roberts .... hair stylist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Daniel Keefe .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Horace Hough .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Wade B. Rubottom .... associate art director (as Wade Rubottom)
 
Sound Department
Paul Neal .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Coburn .... still photographer (uncredited)
Lloyd Knechtel .... photographer: backgrounds, Algiers (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Irene .... wardrobe: Miss Lamarr
Omar Kiam .... wardrobe: Miss Gurie
 
Other crew
Walter Wanger .... presenter
Jamiel Hasson .... technical advisor (uncredited)
 
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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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The title for this film was the inspiration for the later movie titled Casablanca (1942). more
Quotes:
Gaby: It's late. I must go.
Pepe le Moko: Suppose you don't come tomorrow?
Gaby: Suppose I don't? Can't you ever get away from the Casbah?
Pepe le Moko: Why do you ask?
Gaby: Can't you?
Pepe le Moko: No. I'm caught here, like a bear in a hole. Dogs barking, hunters all around, no way out of it. Do you like that? Maybe it's lucky for you.
Gaby: I don't like it. And it's not lucky.
Pepe le Moko: You're right. If you don't come back, I might do anything. I might go down to your hotel to get you.
Gaby: Tomorrow, Pepe.
Pepe le Moko: Tomorrow?
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14 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
Clouded by intrigue, aglow with ill-starred romance, 5 September 2001
9/10
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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