way — terrible, a perfectly terrible way to work." Cromwell, however, said that Boyer "never appreciated how different his own Pepe was from Gabin's. Boyer showed something like genius to make it different. It was a triumph of nuance. The shots are the same, the dialogue has the same meaning, but Boyer's Pepe and Gabin's Pepe are two different fellows but in the same predicament." Box office The film earned a profit of $150,466. Awards and honors Academy Awards Best Actor (nomination) – Charles Boyer Best Supporting Actor (nomination) – Gene Lockhart Best Art Direction (nomination) – Alexander Toluboff Best Cinematography (nomination) – James Wong Howe National Board of Review Awards Joseph Calleia received the 1938 National Board of Review Award for his performance as Slimane. Others The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: 2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated Adaptations and remakes Radio In the autumn of 1938, Hollywood Playhouse presented a radio adaptation of Algiers starring Charles Boyer. Algiers was adapted for the October 8, 1939, presentation of the CBS Radio series The Campbell Playhouse. The hour-long adaptation starred Orson Welles and Paulette Goddard, with Ray Collins taking the role of Inspector Slimane. The film was dramatized as an hour-long radio play on two broadcasts of Lux Radio Theatre. Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr reprised their roles in the broadcast July 7, 1941. Boyer starred with Loretta Young in the broadcast December 14, 1942. Film Algiers was remade in 1948 as Casbah, a musical produced by Universal Pictures, starring singer Tony Martin and Yvonne De Carlo. The film was directed by John Berry. A 1949 Italian parody titled Totò Le Moko featured the comedian Totò. In popular culture The 1938 film Algiers was most Americans' introduction to the picturesque alleys and souks of the Casbah. It was also the inspiration for the 1942 film Casablanca, written specifically for Hedy Lamarr in the female lead role. MGM, however, refused to release Lamarr, so the role went to Ingrid Bergman. Charles Boyer's invitation to "Come with me to ze Casbah," did not appear in the film, but still became comedians' standard imitation of Boyer, much like "Play it again, Sam" for Humphrey Bogart, "Judy, Judy, Judy" for Cary Grant and "You dirty rat" for James Cagney– all apocryphal lines. Boyer hated being reduced in that way, believing that it demeaned him as an actor. In