Captures the vibrancy of colonial Northern Africa with intimate sensual detail
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04/03/03
Pepe Le Moko (1937)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:29
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A notorious gangster hides out in the Casbah for safety and soon realizes he's a prisoner, unable to ever leave its confines. He becomes obsessed with a beautiful outsider, and this attachment... [More]
Starring: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Gabriel Gabrio, Marcel Dalio
Director: Julien Duvivier
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Reviews for Pepe Le Moko
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10/30/02
Pepe le Moko, made in 1937, begins with that tinny, swooning French soundtrack music that conjures up European movies before the war, but it isn't until a few minutes later that you realize you're in for something special.
08/09/02
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08/10/02
This is the closest Duvivier came to Renoir, which is no mean feat.
01/01/00
A timeless romantic thriller that steeps us in one of those great artificial movie worlds that become more overpowering than reality itself.
06/27/02
Top CriticMr. Gabin was no stranger to playing doomed men on film, and his Pépé is the grandest of the damned.
05/23/02
Top CriticNo review available.
07/14/05
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12/30/06
You have to like a movie that was the true inspiration to that famous animated skunk Pépé le Pew.
01/16/03
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03/05/04
Beautifully crafted, movingly acted, still involving and entertaining, this is just the kind of film people are talking about when they say they don't make them like this anymore.
04/19/02
Top CriticIf you've never seen the film, you may be pleasantly surprised by the unexpected complexity of the intrigues and the lyrical force of the feelings.
03/13/02
Top CriticOne of the most purely enjoyable films ever made.
02/28/02
Top CriticA milestone of prewar French cinema and fun picture under any circumstances.
03/01/02
Top Critic[Gabin] magnetically holds the viewer just as Pepe rules the casbah -- with suavity, charm, machismo and a powerful aura of fallen divinity.
03/22/02
the film that made consummate French actor Jean Gabin a star
01/26/03
Retains its power to amuse and enthrall 65 years after its debut.
08/16/02
It's not just an important film; it's also great entertainment, a compelling screen romance -- and one of the best places to see hunky Jean Gabin at the height of his career.
10/21/02
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