- The Casbah, the Arab quarter of Algiers, is rendered as a picturesque criminal sanctuary where a French jewel thief can reign beyond the law's reach; the most prominent Algerian character, the detective Slimane, is played by Peter Lorre.
Casbah (1948)
film
- Distributor
- UI
- Cast
- Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Yvonne DeCarlo, Marta Toren, Hugo Haas, Katherine Dunham
- Production notes
- and dancers. Casbah and Algiers (1938), starring Charles Boyer, are both remakes of the French film Pepe Le Moko (1937), with Jean Gabin