Casbah (film)
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| Directed by | John Berry |
| Written by | Ladislaus Bus-Fekete Aarnold Manoff musical story Erik Charell |
| Based on | Pépé le Moko 1937 novel by Henri La Barthe |
| Produced by | Nat C. Goldstone associate Erik Charell |
| Starring | Yvonne De Carlo Tony Martin Peter Lorre Märta Torén |
| Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
| Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
| Music by | Walter Scharf Harold Arlen |
Production company | Marston Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.3 million |
| Box office | $1,092,283 (rentals) |
Casbah is a 1948 American film noir crime musical film directed by John Berry starring Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, and Märta Torén. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "For Every Man There's a Woman".
It is a musical remake of Algiers (1938), which was in turn an American remake of the French film Pépé le Moko (1937).