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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 98/100. Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 94% of the 354 1930s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic98/100
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
197 audience votes
Key crew
- Julien DuvivierDirector
- Vincent ScottoOriginal Music Composer
- Mohamed IguerbouchèneOriginal Music Composer
- Julien DuvivierScreenplay
- Henri La BartheScreenplay
Cast
- Jean GabinPépé le Moko
- Mireille BalinGaby, the Parisian
- Gabriel GabrioCarlos
- Lucas GridouxInspector Slimane
- Gilbert GilPierrot
- Line NoroInès, Pépé's mistress
- Saturnin FabreThe Great Father
- Fernand CharpinRégis
- Marcel DalioL'Arbi
- Charles GranvalMaxime
- Gaston ModotJimmy
- René BergeronMeunier
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Themes
based on novel or bookfilm noirblack and whitefrench noiralgiers, algeriaalgeriacriminal gangwanted mancasbahfrench polar