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- Original title
- Algiers
- Year
- 1938
- Duration
- 98 min.
- Country
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USA - Director
- John Cromwell
- Script
- John Howard Lawson , James M. Cain
- Music
- Vincent Scotto , Mohamed Ygerbuchen
- Photography
- James Wong Howe (B&W)
- Distribution
- Charles Boyer , Sigrid Gurie , Hedy Lamarr , Joseph Calleia , Alan Hale , Gene Lockhart , Mina Koshetz
- producer
- United Artists
- Gender
- intrigue . Drama . Romance
- Synopsis
- After a major jewelry heist, Pepe le Moko, a skilled French thief, hides in the alleys of the Algerian kashbah on the run from the police. Policeman Slimane patiently waits for the moment when Pepe gives in to the temptation to leave his shelter in order to arrest him. Meanwhile, time passes and in the Algerian district, Pepe falls in love with a beautiful and disturbing young woman. (FILMAFFINITY)