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Campbell Playhouse's
"ALGIERS"
Produced and scripted by Orson Welles
adapted from Walter Wagner's screenplay
"Algiers"
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PLOT SUMMARY :
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France after his last great heist to Algeria. Since his escape, Moko became a resident and leader of the immense Casbah, or "native quarter," of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane , who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe begins to feel increasingly trapped in his prison-like stronghold, a feeling which intensifies after meeting the beautiful Gaby , who is visiting from France. His love for Gaby soon arouses the jealousy of Ines , Pepe's Algerian mistress...excerpted from wikipedia
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York
drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman. In its brief
run, it featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes
Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris. The show is famous
for its notorious War of the Worlds broadcast, but the other shows in
the series are relatively unknown. The
show first broadcast on CBS and CBC in July 1938. It ran without a
sponsor until December of that year, when it was picked up by Campbell's Soup and renamed The Campbell Playhouse. Approximate play time of 1 hour