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Casbah

5.7

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Original title

Casbah

Year

1948

Running time

94 min.

Country

United States

Director

John Berry

Screenwriter

Arnold Manoff, Leslie Bush-Fekete. Novel: Henri La Barthe

Cast

Music

Harold Arlen

Cinematography

Irving Glassberg (B&W)

Producer

Universal Pictures

Genre

Musical. Drama

Synopsis

Pepe Le Moko (Tony Martin) leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France. Inez (Yvonne DeCarlo), his girl friend, is infiriated when Pepe flirts with Gaby (Marta Toren), a French vistor, but Pepe tells her to mind her own business. Detective Slimane (Peter Lorre)is trying to lure Pepe out of the Casbah so he can be jailed. Against Slimane's advice, Police Chief Louvain capture Pepe in a dragnet, but his followers free him. Inez realizes that Pepe has fallen in love with Gaby and intends to follow her to Europe. Slimane knows the same and uses her as the bait to lure Pepe out of the Casbah.

Awards: 1948: Nominated for Oscar: Best Song

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Casbah

1948

John Berry

5.7

(116)