Algiers
1938 film directed by John Cromwell
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Summary
Algiers is a film[1]. Algiers ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,781 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: John Cromwell[3], Walter Wanger[4], James M. Cain[5]
- Screenwriter: John Howard Lawson[6], Charles Boyer[7], Sigrid Gurie[8], Hedy Lamarr[9], James M. Cain[10]
- Genre: romance film[11], drama film[12]
- Based on: Pépé le Moko[13]
- Cast member: Charles Boyer[14], Sigrid Gurie[15], Hedy Lamarr[16], Joseph Calleia[17], Alan Hale[18], Gene Lockhart[19], Stanley Fields[20], Claudia Dell[21], Gino Corrado[22], Armand Kaliz[23], Bert Roach[24], Charles D. Brown[25], Joan Woodbury[26], Leonid Kinskey[27]
- Producer: Walter Wanger[28]
- Production company: United Artists[29]
- Director of photography: James Wong Howe[30]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[31]
- Commons category: Algiers (film)[32]
- Distribution format: video on demand[33]
- Color: black-and-white[34]
- Country of origin: United States[35]
- Publication date: January 1, 1938[36]
- Distributed by: United Artists[37], Netflix[38]
- Narrative location: Algeria[39]
- Film editor: Otho Lovering[40]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[41], Academy Award for Best Actor[42], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[43], Academy Award for Best Production Design[44]
- Title: Algiers[45]
- Duration: 96 minutes[46]
- Capital cost: 691,833 US dollars[47]
- Box office: 951,801 US dollars[48]
- Costume designer: Irene Lentz—Maud[49]
- Production designer: Alexander Toluboff[50]
Why It Matters
Algiers has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Algiers is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]