Down along the shadowy, labyrinthine alleyways of the Casbah, a notorious bastion in French Algiers that harbors criminals, the viewer is introduced to a remarkable thief and lover, Pepe Le Moko (the charismatic Boyer, a reigning screen sex symbol in 1938). Wanted for stealing jewels,
Boyer has fled pursuing Parisian police and taken refuge in the Casbah. Calleia is the crafty French detective who plays a waiting game, watching for the moment the wanted man will step from the Casbah into the arms of his officers. Boyer grows restless, longing for the grand life of Paris,
resenting the mooning woman who is devoted to him (Gurie). Lamarr, a dazzling Parisian tourist ...
Released:
1938
Rated:
NR
Length:
95 mins