Casbah

1948

1h 34m

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5.8/10

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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.

Directors

John Berry

Writers

Arnold Manoff(screenplay by)

Henri La Barthe(novel by)

Leslie Bush-Fekete(screenplay by)

Stars

Yvonne De Carlo

Tony Martin

Peter Lorre

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Inez

Pepe Le Moko

Slimane

Gaby

Omar

Louvain

Carlo

Claude

Madeline

Maurice

Max

Odette

Roland

Willem

Begger

Pierre

Anton Duval

Ahmed

Directors

John Berry

Writers

Arnold Manoff(screenplay by)

Henri La Barthe(novel by)

Leslie Bush-Fekete(screenplay by)

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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.

Geronimo196709 Jul, 2022