Casbah
Den of a thousand thieves ! Rendezvous for romance !
1948 | 94m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | John Berry |
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| Writer: | Henri La Barthe, Leslie Bush-Fekete, Arnold Manoff |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 01, 1948 |
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| Director: | John Berry |
| Writer: | Henri La Barthe, Leslie Bush-Fekete, Arnold Manoff |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime, Music |
| Keywords | remake, algiers, algeria, jewel thief, casbah |
| Production Companies | Universal International Pictures, Marston Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Gene Walker | Roland |
| Hans Schumm | Willem |
| Will Lee | Begger |
| Harris Brown | Pierre |
| Houseley Stevenson | Anton Duval |
| Robert Kendall | Ahmed |
| Eartha Kitt | Katherine Dunham Group Dancer |
| Josette Deegan | Stewardess (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Berry | Director |
| Harold Arlen | Original Music Composer, Songs |
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Henri La Barthe | Novel |
| Lew Schwartz | Camera Operator |
| Irving Glassberg | Director of Photography |
| Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction |
| Leslie Bush-Fekete | Screenplay |
| Arnold Manoff | Screenplay |
| Edward Curtiss | Editor |
| John DeCuir | Art Direction |
| Oliver Emert | Set Decoration |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Yvonne Wood | Costume Design |
| Leo Robin | Lyricist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Erik Charell | Associate Producer |
| Nat C. Goldstone | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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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 an ... d 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.