Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- based on novel or book
- film noir
- black and white
- french noir
- algiers
- algeria
- algeria
- criminal gang
- wanted man
- casbah
- french polar
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jean Gabin
Pépé le Moko
Mireille Balin
Gaby, the Parisian
Gabriel Gabrio
Carlos
Lucas Gridoux
Inspector Slimane
- Gilbert Gil — Pierrot
- Line Noro — Inès, Pépé's mistress
- Saturnin Fabre — The Great Father
- Fernand Charpin — Régis
- Marcel Dalio — L'Arbi
- Charles Granval — Maxime
- Gaston Modot — Jimmy
- René Bergeron — Meunier
- Paul Escoffier — Louvain
- Roger Legris — Max
- Jean Témerson — Gravère
- Directed
- Julien Duvivier
- Written
- Julien Duvivier, Henri La Barthe
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 197 ratings
- Studio
- Paris Film Production
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