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Casbah
Den of a thousand thieves ! Rendezvous for romance !
Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.
- Original title
- Casbah
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jul 9, 2022 · via TMDB
This is an odd film to watch, this one. Essentially it appears to be a post war vehicle for successful actor/crooner Tony Martin ("Pepe le Moko"), but somewhere along the line director John Berry loses his way with this hybrid of romantic musical - there are half a dozen numbers from Harold Arlen and Leo Robin, including the Oscar nominated "For Every Man There's a Woman" - mixed in with a lightweight crime-noir scenario fronted by policeman Peter Lorre ("Slimane"). The confusion isn't really helped by some indifferent writing and even a glamorous, sultry performance from Yvonne de Carlo ("Inez") fails to get the thing moving with any direction or impetus. Lorre is good, doing what he always did well - a sort of hot, sweaty, weasel in a suit - and the setting of the law-unto-itself Casbah in Algiers where his quarry is protected ought to have helped create a bit of menace, mystery at least, too - but, no, sorry - this is just an average film held up by some fine tunes.
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Yvonne De Carlo
Inez
Tony Martin
Pepe Le Moko
Peter Lorre
Slimane
Märta Torén
Gaby
Hugo Haas
Omar
Thomas Gomez
Louvain
Douglas Dick
Carlo
Herbert Rudley
Claude
Virginia Gregg
Madeline
Curt Conway
Maurice
Barry Bernard
Max
Katherine Dunham
Odette
Hans Schumm
Willem
Will Lee
Begger
Houseley Stevenson
Anton Duval
Eartha Kitt
Katherine Dunham Group Dancer
Rosita Marstini
Woman
John DeCuir
Art Direction
Irving Glassberg
Director of Photography
Yvonne Wood
Costume Design
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
John Berry
Director
Harold Arlen
Original Music Composer
Harold Arlen
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Apr 1, 1948
