Fresh
Interesting movement holds through the entirety. Life in the native quarter, with its squalor and intrigues, is particularly well presented and photographed.
Variety Staff, Variety
Pépé le Moko
The World's New Triumph!
1937 · 1h 34m · Approved
Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Julien Duvivier
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Pépé le Moko
Overview
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.
Director and cast
- Julien Duvivier Director
- Jean Gabin as Pépé le Moko
- Mireille Balin as Gaby, the Parisian
- Gabriel Gabrio as Carlos
- Lucas Gridoux as Inspector Slimane
- Gilbert Gil as Pierrot
- Line Noro as Inès, Pépé's mistress
- Saturnin Fabre as The Great Father
- Fernand Charpin as Régis
- Marcel Dalio as L'Arbi
- Charles Granval as Maxime
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Film noir as we know (and love) it is just around the corner from here.
Melissa Anderson, Time Out
Fresh
The French original has it all over on the Hollywood version in the way it conveys atmosphere.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
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.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
A timeless romantic thriller that steeps us in one of those great artificial movie worlds that become more overpowering than reality itself.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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