---
title: 'Algiers (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Cromwell'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/algiers-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029855/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Algiers (1938)

1938 · 96 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Hedy Lamarr](https://cinepixo.com/people/hedy-lamarr), [Charles Boyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-boyer), [Sigrid Gurie](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigrid-gurie), [James M. Cain](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-m-cain), [John Howard Lawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-howard-lawson)
- **Director:** [John Cromwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cromwell)
- **Producer:** [Walter Wanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-wanger)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe)
- **Editor:** [Otho Lovering](https://cinepixo.com/people/otho-lovering)

## Cast

- [Gino Corrado](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-corrado)
- [Alan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale)
- [Bert Roach](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-roach)
- [Hedy Lamarr](https://cinepixo.com/people/hedy-lamarr)
- [Robert Greig](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greig)
- [Charles Boyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-boyer)
- [Sigrid Gurie](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigrid-gurie)
- [Joan Woodbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-woodbury)
- [Gene Lockhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-lockhart)
- [Nina Koshetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-koshetz)
- [Claudia Dell](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-dell)
- [Charles D. Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-d-brown)
- [Leonid Kinskey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-kinskey)
- [Luana Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/luana-walters)
- [Paul Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-harvey)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/algiers-1938
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