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Algiers [videorecording] / Alpha Video ; directed by John Cromwell ; written by James M. Cain and John Howard Lawson.

Ashelbe. Pepe le Moko. (Added Author). Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978 (actor.). Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977 (screenwriter.). Calleia, Joseph, 1897-1975 (actor.). Cromwell, John, 1888-1979 (director.). Gurie, Sigrid, 1911-1969 (actor.). Hale, Alan, 1892-1950 (actor.). Howe, James Wong. (cinematographer.). Igarbouchen, Mohammed. (composer.). Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000 (actor.). Lawson, John Howard, 1894-1977 (screenwriter.). Scotto, Vincent, 1876-1952 (composer.). Alpha Video Distributors. (Added Author). Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale. (Cast).

Summary:

Charles Boyer plays the master criminal hiding out in The Casbah. Pepe's nemesis, French police inspector Slimane, waits patiently for Pepe to make one wrong move. when Pepe falls head over heels in love with the beautiful tourist Gaby, he becomes too preoccupied to keep up his guard against the relentless inspector. An intriguing chain of events, including his betrayal by the woman he scorned in favor of Gaby, conspire to create Pepe's heart-rending downfall."--Container.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Narberth, PA : Alpha Video, 2002, c1938.

Content descriptions

General Note:
From the novel by Detective Ashelbe.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1938.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music, Muhammed Ygner Buchen & Vincent Scotto ; Cinematography James Wong Howe.
Participant or Performer Note:
Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale.
System Details Note:
DVD ; Dolby digital, Dolby stereo.

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