History Film / Algiers

The film is set in UsefulNotes/{{Algeria}}, during the time when it was [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire ruled by]] UsefulNotes/{{France}}. Pepe le Moko (Boyer) is a notorious jewel thief who has absconded to the capital of French Algeria. French authorities are perfectly aware that Pepe is in the city, but they can't touch him because he is secure in the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casbah_of_Algiers Casbah]]", the walled native quarter where French law counts for nothing and the police are powerless. Inspector Slimane, the local detective who is responsible for Pepe, goes so far as to enter the Casbah from time to time for friendly chats with Pepe.

A remake of the French film ''Film/PepeLeMoko'', starring Creator/JeanGabin, which was released just the year before. StarMakingRole for Hedy Lamarr in America. The look of this film and the general idea of a Mediterranean town with narrow, winding streets, filled with crooks and schemers, proved very influential in the making of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. The line "Come with me to the Casbah", said by Charles Boyer in the trailer (now [[Missing Episode lost]]) but ''not'' in the film, [[BeamMeUpScotty became strongly associated with him anyway]]. Additionally, Charles Boyer's performance in this film would inspire the cartoon character WesternAnimation/PepeLePew. There was a {{musical}} remake of this film in 1948 entitled ''Film/{{Casbah}}'', with Creator/PeterLorre, Creator/YvonneDeCarlo, and Creator/TonyMartin.

* DoubleAgent: Regis, an informer. He reveals to the French cops where Pepe is hiding out but then sends a warning to Pepe that allows him to escape arrest. Still later he participates in a scheme to trick Pierrot into leaving the Casbah in order to lure Pepe to come after him.

* HotGypsyWoman: Maybe. Ines is never explicitly identified as a Roma, but she's dressed in the stereotypical Hot Gypsy Woman outfit and Norwegian actress Sigrid Gurie is clearly wearing some sort of tanning lotion. And she has the fiery temper of a Hot Gypsy Woman. (In ''Pepe le Moko'' she is explicitly called a gypsy.)

* TruthInTelevision: The Casbah really was a law unto itself in those days. A generation after this movie it would be a haven for the Algerian independence movement, as dramatized in the other famous film set in this town, ''Film/TheBattleOfAlgiers''.

A remake of the French film ''Film/PepeLeMoko'', starring Creator/JeanGabin, which was released just the year before. StarMakingRole for Hedy Lamarr in America. The look of this film and the general idea of a Mediterranean town with narrow, winding streets, filled with crooks and schemers, proved very influential in the making of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. The line "Come with mee to ze Casbah", said by Charles Boyer in the trailer but ''not'' in the film, [[BeamMeUpScotty became strongly associated with him anyway]]. Additionally, Charles Boyer's performance in this film would inspire cartoon character WesternAnimation/PepeLePew. There was a {{musical}} remake of this film in 1948 entitled ''Film/{{Casbah}}'', with Creator/PeterLorre, Creator/YvonneDeCarlo, and Creator/TonyMartin.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The only change made to this film from ''Pepe Le Moko''. In that movie Pepe kills himself rather than be taken to jail. The censors demanded that ''Algiers'' be changed to have Pepe shot by the cops as he runs off after the passenger ship.

* DoubleAgent: Regis, an informer. He reveals to the French cops where Pepe is hiding out, but then send a warning to Pepe that allows him to escape arrest. Still later he participates in a scheme to trick Pierrot into leaving the Casbah in order to lure Pepe to come after him.

* GoKartingWithBowser: Although Inspector Slimane is powerless to arrest Pepe in the Casbah he's free to enter it and hang out with Pepe. The two even strike up a friendship. Eventually Slimane leans on this when he tries to trick/goad Pepe into leaving the Casbah.

* IfICantHaveYou: Pepe figures out the trap and might have made his escape on the boat, except for Ines going to the cops and telling them that Pepe was heading for the boat rather than the hotel.
* NaiveNewcomer: A policeman newly arrived from France indulges in a lot of blustering outrage about how the local cops haven't arrested Pepe even though they know where he is. This sets up some exposition in which Slimane and the other locals explain to the Naive Newcomer how the Casbah is so closed off and hostile that it's essentially impossible to go in and arrest someone.

The film is set in--guess where?--yep, UsefulNotes/{{Algeria}}, during the time when it was [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire ruled by]] UsefulNotes/{{France}}. Pepe le Moko (Boyer) is a notorious jewel thief who has absconded to the capital of French Algeria. French authorities are perfectly aware that Pepe is in the city, but they can't touch him because he is secure in the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casbah_of_Algiers Casbah]]", the walled native quarter where French law counts for nothing and the police are powerless. Inspector Slimane, the local detective who is responsible for Pepe, goes so far as to enter the Casbah from time to time for friendly chats with Pepe.

The film is set in--guess where?--yep, UsefulNotes/{{Algeria}}, during the time when it was ruled by France. Pepe le Moko (Boyer) is a notorious jewel thief who has absconded to the capital of French Algeria. French authorities are perfectly aware that Pepe is in the city, but they can't touch him because he is secure in the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casbah_of_Algiers Casbah]]", the walled native quarter where French law counts for nothing and the police are powerless. Inspector Slimane, the local detective who is responsible for Pepe, goes so far as to enter the Casbah from time to time for friendly chats with Pepe.

The film is set in--guess where, yep, UsefulNotes/{{Algeria}} during the time when it was ruled by France. Pepe le Moko (Boyer) is a notorious jewel thief who has absconded to the capital of French Algeria. French authorities are perfectly aware that Pepe is in the city, but they can't touch him because he is secure in the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casbah_of_Algiers Casbah]]", the walled native quarter where French law counts for nothing and the police are powerless. Inspector Slimane, the local detective who is responsible for Pepe, goes so far as to enter the Casbah from time to time for friendly chats with Pepe.

A remake of the French film ''Film/PepeLeMoko'', starring Creator/JeanGabin, which was released just the year before. StarMakingRole for Hedy Lamarr in America. The look of this film and the general idea of a Mediterranean town with narrow, winding streets, filled with crooks and schemers, proved very influential in the making of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. The line "Come with mee to ze Casbah", said by Charles Boyer in the trailer but ''not'' in the film, [[BeamMeUpScotty became strongly associated with him anyway]]. Additionally, Charles Boyer's performance in this film would inspire cartoon character WesternAnimation/PepeLePew. There was a remake of this film in 1948 entitled Film/{{Casbah}} with Creator/PeterLorre, Creator/YvonneDeCarlo, and Creator/TonyMartin.

A remake of French film ''Film/PepeLeMoko'', starring Creator/JeanGabin, which was released just the year before. StarMakingRole for Hedy Lamarr in America. The look of this film and the general idea of a Mediterranean town with narrow, winding streets, filled with crooks and schemers, proved very influential in the making of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. The line "Come with mee to ze Casbah", said by Charles Boyer in the trailer but ''not'' in the film, [[BeamMeUpScotty became strongly associated with him anyway]]. Additionally, Charles Boyer's performance in this film would inspire cartoon character WesternAnimation/PepeLePew. There was a remake of this film in 1948 entitled Film/{{Casbah}} with Creator/PeterLorre, Creator/YvonneDeCarlo, and Creator/TonyMartin.

* ForeignRemake: Of French Film ''Pepe le Moko''. And a highly faithful remake, except for the ending--in the French version Pepe fatally stabs himself rather than be captured.

A remake of French film ''Film/PepeLeMoko'', starring Creator/JeanGabin, which was released just the year before. StarMakingRole for Hedy Lamarr in America. The look of this film and the general idea of a Mediterranean town with narrow, winding streets, filled with crooks and schemers, proved very influential in the making of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. The line "Come with mee to ze Casbah", said by Charles Boyer in the trailer but ''not'' in the film, [[BeamMeUpScotty became strongly associated with him anyway]]. Additionally, Charles Boyer's performance in this film would inspire cartoon character WesternAnimation/PepeLePew.

* ForeignRemake: Of French Film ''Pepe le Moko''. And a highly faithful remake, except for the ending--in the French version Pepe shoots himself rather than be captured.

* HotGypsyWoman: Maybe. Ines is never explicitly identified as a Roma, but she's dressed in the stereotypical Hot Gypsy Woman outfit and Norwegian actress Sigrid Gurie is clearly wearing some sort of tanning lotion. And she has the fiery temper of a Hot Gypsy Woman.

A remake of French film ''Film/PepeLeMoko'', starring Jean Gabin, which was released just the year before. StarMakingRole for Hedy Lamarr in America. The look of this film and the general idea of a Mediterranean town with narrow, winding streets, filled with crooks and schemers, proved very influential in the making of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. The line "Come with mee to ze Casbah", said by Charles Boyer in the trailer but ''not'' in the film, [[BeamMeUpScotty became strongly associated with him anyway]]. Additionally, Charles Boyer's performance in this film would inspire cartoon character WesternAnimation/PepeLePew.

A remake of French film ''Film/PepeLeMoko'', starring Jean Gabin, which was released just the year before. StarMakingRole for Hedy Lamarr in America. The look of this film and the general idea of a Mediterranean town with narrow, winding streets, filled with crooks and schemers, proved very influential in the making of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. The line "Come with mee to ze Casbah", said by Charles Boyer in the trailer but ''not'' in the film, [[BeamMeUpScotty became strongly associated with him anyway]].

* DialogueInUnison: Pepe and Gaby both wax nostalgic about their common hometown of Paris, mentioning their favorite neighborhoods, an exchange that ends when they both say "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_Blanche La Place Blanche]]" at once.

* GentlemanJewelThief: Charming, debonair Pepe admits that he took to stealing jewels because he likes them so much.