Director: The life, Loves and Adventures of a classic Casbah thief.
Writer(s): Leslie Bush-Fekete & Arnold Manoff (screenplay), Erik Charell (musical story), Henri La Barthe (novel)
Starring: Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Märta Torén, Hugo Haas, Thomas Gomez, Douglas Dick, Katherine Dunham, Herbert Rudley, Gene Walker, Curt Conway, Hans Schumm, Barry Bernard, Virginia Gregg, Will Lee, Harris Brown, Houseley Stevenson, Robert Kendall, John Bagni, Louise Bates, Edward Biby, Nick Borgani, Oliver Cross, Leander De Cordova, Josette Deegan, Paul Fierro, Kathleen Freeman, Phil Friedman, Lorraine Gale, Jody Gilbert, Joe Gilbert, Carmelita González, Herschel Graham, Sam Harris, Carey Harrison, Maynard Holmes, George Hyland, Hassan Khayyam, Eartha Kitt, Kay Koury, Bert LeBaron, George J. Lewis, Jane Loofbourrow, Robert Locke Lorraine, Bob Lugo, Rosita Marstini, Tina Menard, Sol Murgi, Maurice Navarro, Barry Norton, Abel Pina, Antonio Pina, Henry Pina, Jerry Pina, Ed Randolph, Suzanne Ridgway, Samir Rizkallah, Cosmo Sardo, Tom Tamarez, Maria J. Tavares, Basil Tellou, Elsa Walker, Kathryn Wilson
Synopsis: Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France. Inez, his girl friend, is infiriated when Pepe flirts with Gaby, a French vistor, but Pepe tells her to mind her own business. Detective Slimane is trying to lure Pepe out of the Casbah so he can be jailed. Against Slimane’s advice, Police Chief Louvain capture Pepe in a dragnet, but his followers free him. Inez realizes that Pepe has fallen in love with Gaby and intends to follow her to Europe. Slimane knows the same and uses her as the bait to lure Pepe out of the Casbah.
Release Date: April 1948 (USA) | Length: 94 min | Genre: Crime, Musical | MPAA Rating: Unknown
Note: The only one of Katherine Dunham’s dancers to be identified was Eartha Kitt. The other dancers, including Kitt, were uncredited. I didn’t find a trailer for this film. The above clips is of the dance number featuring Katherine Dunham and her dancers.