Casbah is a 1948 American Film Noir crime musical film directed by John Berry and starring Peter Lorre, Yvonne De Carlo, and Tony Martin. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "For Every Man There's a Woman".
It is a musical remake of Algiers (1938), which was in turn an American remake of the French film Pépé le Moko (1937).
This film contains the following tropes:
- Affably Evil: Pepe Le Moko. He is friendly to everyone.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Gaby wants to abandon her diplomat husband and live with Pepe Le Moko.
- Anti-Villain: Pepe Le Moko
- Consummate Professional: Pepe Le Moko
- Determinator: Slimane.
- Friendly Enemy: Slimane and Pepe are able to have a friendly conversation.
- Going Native: Slimane wears a fez and is possibly from America.
- Jurisdiction Friction: Slimane and Police Chief Louvain. Slimane can only arrest Pepe when he is out of the Casbah.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Pepe Le Moko is Red to Slimane's Blue. It is similar to the relationship between Neil McCauley and Vincent Hanna in Heat.
- Villain Protagonist: Pepe Le Moko.
- Worthy Opponent: Slimane considers Pepe Le Moko to be one to him.
