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Negroes, from every corner of Africa.

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

You can hear this line at 00:05:08 in the original recording.

Quote context

[...]

- 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...

- 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.

[...]

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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