- The Casbah is presented as a lawless native quarter - an exotic warren where a European jewel thief can vanish among the locals - and the film's principal Algerian, Inspector Slimane, is a soft-spoken schemer who flatters, lies, and baits lovers into the trap he has promised to spring.
Algiers (1938)
film · 1938 film directed by John Cromwell
- Director
- John Cromwell
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Distributors
- United Artists, Netflix
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- romance film, drama film
- Cast
- Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia