Casbah

Casbah

Casbah

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Casbah

"Den of a thousand thieves ! Rendezvous for romance !"

1948

1h 34m

5.9(17 votes)

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Crime

Overview

Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.

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Universal International Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Yvonne De Carlo

Yvonne De Carlo

Inez

Tony Martin

Tony Martin

Pepe Le Moko

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Slimane

Märta Torén

Märta Torén

Gaby

Hugo Haas

Hugo Haas

Omar

Thomas Gomez

Thomas Gomez

Louvain

Douglas Dick

Douglas Dick

Carlo

Herbert Rudley

Herbert Rudley

Claude

Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg

Madeline

Curt Conway

Curt Conway

Maurice

Creative team

Directed by: John Berry
Written by: Leslie Bush-Fekete
Arnold Manoff
Produced by: Nat C. Goldstone

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