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.
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- As a civilized man, you do not like fantasy?
- As a police officer, I don't believe in it!
- Now, this is the native quarter known as the Casbah.
- 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...
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