Algiers (1938 film)

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Algiers (1938 film) is a romantic drama and crime film set in the Casbah of Algiers, best known for its atmospheric noir style and for helping launch Hedy Lamarr’s Hollywood career.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
artDirectionAwardNominee Alexander Toluboff
basedOn Pépé le Moko (1937 film)
linked to: Pépé le Moko

Pépé le Moko (novel)
linked to: Pépé le Moko
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyAwardNominee James Wong Howe
cinematographyBy James Wong Howe
countryOfOrigin United States
countrySetting French Algeria
director John Cromwell
distributedBy United Artists
editedBy William H. Reynolds
era Golden Age of Hollywood
filmingLocation Hollywood
genre crime
film noir
romantic drama
hasInfluenceOn Casablanca (1942 film)
linked to: Casablanca
leadActorForCharacter Pépé le Moko Charles Boyer
leadActorNominee Charles Boyer
leadActressForCharacter Gaby Hedy Lamarr
linked to: Hedy Kiesler Markey
leadCharacter Pépé le Moko
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
notableFor atmospheric noir style
helping launch Hedy Lamarr’s Hollywood career
notableQuoteAssociated Come with me to the Casbah
originalLanguage English
producer Walter Wanger
productionCompany Walter Wanger Productions
releaseDate August 5, 1938
releaseYear 1938
remakeOf Pépé le Moko (1937 film)
linked to: Pépé le Moko
runtime 99 minutes
screenwriter John Howard Lawson
setting Algiers
Casbah of Algiers
linked to: Casbah
starring Alan Hale
linked to: Alan Hale Sr.

Charles Boyer
Gene Lockhart
Hedy Lamarr
linked to: Hedy Kiesler Markey

Joseph Calleia
Sigrid Gurie
supportingActorNominee Gene Lockhart

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Hedy Lamarr notableWork Algiers (1938 film)
subject linked to: Delilah;Hedy Lamarr
Joseph Calleia appearedIn Algiers (1938 film)
Pépé le Moko influenced Algiers (1938 film)
Pépé le Moko hasRemake Algiers (1938 film)