Movie: Heart of the Casbah

Top 8 Billed Cast

Viviane Romance
Viviane Romance

Maria Pilar

Claude Laydu
Claude Laydu

Michel

Peter van Eyck
Peter van Eyck

Jo

Philippe Richard
Philippe Richard

'Gros Polo'

Himoud Brahimi
Himoud Brahimi

Sylvie Pelayo
Sylvie Pelayo

Sylvie

Roger Gaillard
Roger Gaillard

Michel's father

Simone Moussia
Simone Moussia

Yasmine

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    Maria-Pilar is the new wife of an Algerian gangster whom the police have just arrested. The son of a first marriage arrives in Algiers from which he has remained far away for a long time. His stepmother, charmed by the teenager, gradually experiences a devouring passion, against which Michel tries in vain to fight: he loves a young girl, Sylvie. Mad with jealousy, his stepmother singles him out for his father's vengeance by distorting the truth. Michel does not escape his father's fury, but when the woman's deception becomes known, Maria-Pilar is strangled to death.

  • Release Date

    1952-01-24

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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