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A melting pot for all the sins of Earth, a jungle of houses, a labyrinth of narrow passages and winding alleys, rotten with vermin and decay and the filth of centuries.

13 seconds sound clip from the Algiers (1941, Lux Radio Theatre) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:04:38 in the original recording.

Quote context

[...]

- Ah, this is fantastic!

- As a civilized man, you do not like fantasy?

- As a police officer, I don't believe in it!

- Yet here it exists.

- Now, this is the native quarter known as the Casbah.

- As you look at it here, it is just a few lines on the map. But the reality is something stranger than anything you could have dreamed.

- It is only a step from the modern city to the Casbah, but when you take that step, you enter another world...

- A melting pot for all the sins of Earth, a jungle of houses, a labyrinth of narrow passages and winding alleys, rotten with vermin and decay and the filth of centuries.

- No one knows what mysteries are hidden behind those walls.

- No one knows what crimes and hopes are buried in those secret courtyards.

- Forty thousand inhabitants from all over the world live there...

- Kabyles, in their white robes...

- Chinese, faithful to Confucius...

[...]

Algiers Sound Clip

Algiers PosterAudio quotes from the old-time radio play "Algiers", based on by Henri La Barthe's novel, first aired on July 7, 1941 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Charles Boyer (Pepe le Moko), Hedy Lamarr (Gaby), Alan Napier (Inspector Slimane), Bea Benaderet (Ines)

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