Description

Algiers is a 1938 American drama film directed by John Cromwell (director) and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, and Hedy Lamarr. Written by John Howard Lawson, the film is about a notorious French jewel thief hiding in the labyrinthine native quarter of Algiers known as the Casbah. Feeling imprisoned by his self-imposed exile, he is drawn out of hiding by a beautiful French tourist who reminds him of happier times in Paris. The Walter Wanger production was a remake of the successful 1937 French film Pépé le Moko, which derived its plot from the Henri La Barthe novel of the same name.

Cast

• Charles Boyer as Pepe le Moko
• Sigrid Gurie as Ines
• Hedy Lamarr as Gaby
• Joseph Calleia as Inspector Slimane
• Alan Hale, Sr. as Grandpere
• Gene Lockhart as Regis
• Walter Kingsford as Chef Inspector Louvain
• Paul Harvey (actor) as Commissioner Janvier
• Stanley Fields (actor) as Carlos
• Johnny Downs as Pierrot
• Charles D. Brown as Max
• Robert Greig as Giraux
• Leonid Kinskey as L’Arbi
• Joan Woodbury as Aicha
• Nina Koshetz as Tania