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Casbah
From Marston Productions · Universal International Pictures
Den of a thousand thieves ! Rendezvous for romance !
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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.
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Directed by John Berry
Yvonne De Carlo
Tony Martin
Peter Lorre
Märta Torén
Hugo Haas
Thomas Gomez
Douglas Dick
Herbert Rudley
Virginia Gregg
Curt Conway
Barry Bernard
Katherine DunhamImages · 6
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CinemaSerfJul 9, 2022
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 confu… Read more
sion 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.