Interesting movement holds through the entirety. Life in the native quarter, with its squalor and intrigues, is particularly well presented and photographed.
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04/27/09
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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12/30/06
Film noir as we know (and love) it is just around the corner from here.
02/09/06
No review available.
07/14/05
No review available.
03/05/04
Director Julien Duvivier took the conventional mix of love and bullets and made it into dark poetry.
07/30/03
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04/30/03
Captures the vibrancy of colonial Northern Africa with intimate sensual detail
04/03/03
am most amazed at how well it has survived the test of time.
03/05/03
the film that made consummate French actor Jean Gabin a star
01/26/03
You have to like a movie that was the true inspiration to that famous animated skunk Pépé le Pew.
01/16/03
No review available.
10/30/02
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
A delicious ensemble piece.
08/29/02
An irresistibly entertaining drama of dreamy, doom-laden romantic fatalism, a vividly atmospheric film noir years before noir was cool.
08/19/02
The French original has it all over on the Hollywood version in the way it conveys atmosphere.
08/16/02
Top CriticRetains its power to amuse and enthrall 65 years after its debut.
08/16/02
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08/10/02
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
Top CriticExcitingly filmed with North African footage mixed with superb sets.
07/26/02
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