Algiers is a 1938 American
drama film directed by
John Cromwell and starring
Charles Boyer,
Sigrid Gurie, and
Hedy Lamarr. Written by
John Howard Lawson, the film is about a notorious French jewel thief hiding in the labyrinthine native quarter of Algiers known as the Casbah. Feeling imprisoned by his self-imposed exile, he is drawn out of hiding by a beautiful French tourist who reminds him of happier times in Paris. 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.