Algiers
by John Cromwell
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Actor: Alan Hale, Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Sigrid GurieDirector: John Cromwell
Cinematographer: James Wong Howe
Editor: Otho Lovering
Editor: William Reynolds
Producer: Walter Wanger
Writer: Henri La Barthe
Writer: James M. Cain
Writer: John Howard Lawson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Alpha Video
Movie Reviews of Algiers
Movie Review: Fidelity to the model
Summary: 5 Stars
Hollywood's remake of the french classic directed in 1937 by Julien Duvivier " Pepe le Moko " . Produced just one year later and directed efficiently by today almost forgotten american director John Cromwell ( " Dead reckoning "," Of human bondage " ," Caged " ), " Algiers " copies almost dialogue by dialogue and shot by shot this fatalistic and romantic french melodrama about a parisian jewels thief hidden in Algiers' Casbah who falls in love with a gorgeous tourist, born as him in Paris, that returns to him his hope of freedom. However, without forget in none moment we are talking about an almost literal remake, Cromwell's version benefits of an stylish and thick atmosphere that increase the tone of ironic fate that cross over the film since its begining. Charles Boyer replaces Jean Gabin in the role of Pepe,a character so ambiguous and elegant as his relationship with the inspector Slimane, a man whose higher ambition is to capture Pepe le Moko.
I highly recommend this film,but not this copy. Look for another better.
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