Algiers (1938)

19381h 35mdir. John Cromwell, Walter Wanger, James M. CainUnited Statesromance filmdrama film

With Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart, Stanley Fields, Claudia Dell

Directed by John Cromwell, Walter Wanger, James M. Cain

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Algiers is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by John Cromwell, written by John Howard Lawson and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie and Hedy Lamarr. The plot concerns a French jewel thief hiding in Algiers who meets a beautiful French tourist. The Walter Wanger production (originally distributed by United Artists) was a remake of the successful 1937 French film Pépé le Moko, which derived its plot from the Henri La Barthe novel of the same name.

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