Casbah

4/1/19481h 34m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Den of a thousand thieves ! Rendezvous for romance ! ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

John Berry

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

remake
algiers, algeria
jewel thief
casbah

Cast

Yvonne De Carlo

~ as ~

Inez

Tony Martin

~ as ~

Pepe Le Moko

Peter Lorre

~ as ~

Slimane

Märta Torén

~ as ~

Gaby

Hugo Haas

~ as ~

Omar

Thomas Gomez

~ as ~

Louvain

Douglas Dick

~ as ~

Carlo

Herbert Rudley

~ as ~

Claude

Virginia Gregg

~ as ~

Madeline

Curt Conway

~ as ~

Maurice

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
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.