A timeless romantic thriller that steeps us in one of those great artificial movie worlds that become more overpowering than reality itself.
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06/27/02
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
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 CriticBeautifully 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 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
If 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 CriticA milestone of prewar French cinema and fun picture under any circumstances.
03/01/02
Top CriticOne of the most purely enjoyable films ever made.
02/28/02
Top CriticOne of the great international hits of classic French cinema.
02/26/02
Top CriticThis is the closest Duvivier came to Renoir, which is no mean feat.
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