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Algiers   1938         N/R, 95 min. Genre: Drama Director: John Cromwell   Cast: Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart, Walter Kingsford, Paul Harvey, Johnny Downs, Robert Greig   Suave French jewel thief Pepe le Moko (Charles Boyer) is safe within the Casbah confines where he plays cat-and-mouse games with Inspector Slimane (Joseph Calleia). But when he meets the beautiful Gaby (Hedy Lamarr), her very presence represents the world at large that he can no longer enter, and Inspector Slimane just bides his time. Charles Boyer was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar and Gene Lockhart was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.