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12/30/06
Pepe Le Moko (1937)
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Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 27 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
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 ultimately leads to his doom. Based on D'Ashelbe's novel and remade in America as "Algiers."... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Gabriel Gabrio, Marcel Dalio
Director: Julien Duvivier
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02/09/06
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Captures the vibrancy of colonial Northern Africa with intimate sensual detail
04/03/03
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10/21/02
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
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
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
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