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Algiers

Name: Algiers
Director: John Cromwell
Released: 1938-01-01

1938 film directed by John Cromwell

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Released: 1938
Director: John Cromwell
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Screenwriter: John Howard Lawson
, Charles Boyer
, Sigrid Gurie
+2 more
Producer: Walter Wanger
Cast: Charles Boyer
, Sigrid Gurie
, Hedy Lamarr
, Joseph Calleia
+15 more
Runtime: 96 min
Genre: romance film
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, drama film
Country of origin: United States

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Algiers is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by John Cromwell, written by John Howard Lawson and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie and Hedy Lamarr. The plot concerns a French jewel thief hiding in Algiers who meets a beautiful French tourist. The Walter Wanger production was a remake of the successful 1937 French film Pépé le Moko, which derived its plot from the Henri La Barthe novel of the same name.

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Director of photography: James Wong Howe
Title: Algiers
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor(February 5, 1939) statement is subject of: 11th Academy Awards · nominee: Gene Lockhart
Academy Award for Best Actor(February 5, 1939) statement is subject of: 11th Academy Awards · nominee: Charles Boyer
Academy Award for Best Cinematography(February 5, 1939) nominee: James Wong Howe · statement is subject of: 11th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Production Design(February 5, 1939) nominee: Alexander Toluboff · statement is subject of: 11th Academy Awards
Production designer: Alexander Toluboff
Color: black-and-white
Costume designer: Irene Lentz
Film editor: Otho Lovering
Narrative location: Algeria
Based on: Pépé le Moko
Distribution format: video on demand
Copyright status: public domain

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