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B&W, CRIME
Directed by John Cromwell
Starring Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Walter Kingsford
In Cromwell’s Algiers, based on the 1937 adaptation of Roger D’Ashelbe’s popular French novel Pepe la Moko, a renowned thief has been hiding from police in the Casbah, the native quarter of Algiers,for more than two years. Inspectors Slimaine and Louvaine (Calleia and Kinsgsford) see Pepe Le Moko (Boyer) repeatedly, but until he strays outside the Casbah they are powerless to arrest him. This is a suspenseful romantic drama and a Hollywood classic.