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And women. Ho! Women of every age and color. Women caught in the net of the Casbah.

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

You can hear this line at 00:05:11 in the original recording.

Quote context

[...]

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

- Kabyles, in their white robes...

- Chinese, faithful to Confucius...

- Gypsies, with their fortune telling and their songs...

- Negroes, from every corner of Africa.

- And women. Ho! Women of every age and color. Women caught in the net of the Casbah.

- Everywhere there are terraces, all connected together, so that those who are accepted can move to any part of the Casbah without even using the street.

- It is like a fortress rising from the sea... colorful, sordid, dangerous.

- There is not just one Casbah, there are a hundred, a thousand!

- And in that labyrinth Pepe le Moko is at home. And he is safe... as long as he stays there.

- Well, how...? How does this Pepe le Moko conceal himself? Disguise, no doubt.

[...]

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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