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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Charles Boyer | ... | Pepe le Moko | |
| Sigrid Gurie | ... | Ines | |
| Hedy Lamarr | ... | Gaby | |
| Joseph Calleia | ... | Slimane | |
| Alan Hale | ... | Grandpere | |
| Gene Lockhart | ... | Regis | |
| Walter Kingsford | ... | Louvain | |
| Paul Harvey | ... | Janvier | |
| Stanley Fields | ... | Carlos | |
| Johnny Downs | ... | Pierrot | |
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Charles D. Brown | ... | Max |
| Robert Greig | ... | Andre Giraux | |
| Leonid Kinskey | ... | L'Arbi | |
| Joan Woodbury | ... | Aicha | |
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Nina Koshetz | ... | Tania (as Mme. Nina Koshetz) |
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Pepe Le Moko, a thief who escaped from France with a fortune in jewels, has for two years lived in, and virtually ruled, the mazelike, impenetrable Casbah, "native quarter" of Algiers. A French official insists that he be captured, but sly Inspector Slimane knows he need only bide his time. The suave Pepe increasingly regards his stronghold as also his prison, especially when he meets beautiful Parisian visitor Gaby, who reminds him of the boulevards to which he dare not return...and arouses the mad jealousy of Ines, his Algerian mistress. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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You've Got A Date With Danger, A Rendezvous With Romance In The Glamorous, Mysterious Algiers . . Make A Date Now !Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 August 1938 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Algier See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
(copyright length)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Commissioner Janvier: I'm not interested in hearing excuses about local conditions. No doubt there are local conditions. Here's a criminal who's exploits have made him notorious throughout Europe. He escaped from France with a fortune in jewels and for two years he's been living here in Algiers, within a stone's throw of your headquarters.
Louvain: As you say, Commissioner.
Commissioner Janvier: I'm here to settle this - and I want it done quickly.
Louvain: We've been trying to settle the case of Pepe le Moko for two years.
Commissioner Janvier: In Paris, we ...
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(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Vincent Scotto
Lyrics by Ann Ronell
Performed by Charles Boyer
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The main theme and the closing credits music are identical to those heard in Pépé le Moko (1937), of which this film is an extremely faithful remake, except for the way the story ends. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Commissioner Janvier: I'm not interested in hearing excuses about local conditions. No doubt there are local conditions. Here's a criminal who's exploits have made him notorious throughout Europe. He escaped from France with a fortune in jewels and for two years he's been living here in Algiers, within a stone's throw of your headquarters.
Louvain: As you say, Commissioner.
Commissioner Janvier: I'm here to settle this - and I want it done quickly.
Louvain: We've been trying to settle the case of Pepe le Moko for two years.
Commissioner Janvier: In Paris, we ...
[...]
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Crazy Credits
When complete cast credits are listed at the start of a movie and at the end, there are usually no changes. In this movie, the end credits reverse the order of the last two credits: Bert Roach follows Ben Hall. See more »Alternate Versions
Some prints have a different opening credits sequence, in which the credits are shown against a black background. See more »Connections
Spoofed in The Bullwinkle Show: Blood and Sand or Three for the Show/Bullwinkle's Landing or Moosle Beach (1960) See more »Soundtracks
C'est la vie(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Vincent Scotto
Lyrics by Ann Ronell
Performed by Charles Boyer
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Satisfying, exotic American version of the French film "Pepe Le Moko" (which, I've heard, was distributed here in the U.S. under its French title, which means Pepe the Pimp, unbeknowest to the censors). Boyer leads the right star performance and Lamarr gets her ingenue role as the girl he loves but can't see outside of the Casbah. When the police try to arrest Pepe in the Casbah, he quickly disappears and they receive no cooperation from the locals. To lure him out of that district's confines, the cops set up a trap using the unknowing Lamarr as bait. their sad, brief romance ends, presumably, with his incarceration. Similar in plot, but not in tone, to contemporary "gangster" flicks.