Algiers (1938)
January 16, 1938Release Date
Algiers (1938)
January 16, 1938Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Charles Boyer
Pepe le Moko
Hedy Lamarr
Gaby
Sigrid Gurie
Ines
Joseph Calleia
Slimane
Alan Hale
Grandpere
Gene Lockhart
Regis
Walter Kingsford
Louvain
Paul Harvey
Janvier
Stanley Fields
Carlos
Charles D. Brown
Max
Johnny Downs
Pierrot
Robert Greig
Giraux
John Cromwell
Director
John Howard Lawson
Writer
Leonid Kinskey
L'Arbi
Joan Woodbury
Aicha
James M. Cain
Writer
Henri La Barthe
Writer
Nina Koshetz
Tania
Claudia Dell
Marie
Georges Iguerbouchen
Composer
Vincent Scotto
Composer
Walter Wanger
Producer
James Wong Howe
Cinematographer
Otho Lovering
Editor
William Reynolds
Editor
Alexander Toluboff
Art Direction
Mohamed Iguerbouchène
Original Music Composer
Omar Kiam
Wardrobe Designer
Irene
Wardrobe Designer
Horace Hough
Assistant Director
Paul Neal
Sound
Ann Ronell
Lyricist
Detective Ashelbe
Novel
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 16, 1938
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Budget$691,833
Box Office$951,801
Genres
Wiki.
Algiers is a 1938 American drama film directed by John Cromwell 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.Algiers was a sensation because it was the first Hollywood film starring Hedy Lamarr, whose beauty became the main attraction for film audiences. The film is notable as one of the sources of inspiration to the screenwriters of the 1942 Warner Bros. film Casablanca, who wrote it with Hedy Lamarr in mind as the original female lead. Charles Boyer's depiction of Pepe le Moko inspired the Warner Bros. animated character Pepé Le Pew. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.