We have a sort of "secret society" of film, TV and design people that meets every other week to watch under-appreciated films here in the Hollywood Hills. We just screened "Pepe Le Moko" last week and everyone was floored ... this is a masterpiece of the French gangster genre and it's effect on other films, most notably "Casablanca' which came out just five years later, is major. I loved the claustrophobic staging within the Casbah and Gabin's bad-ass attitude. This one's a classic.
Review of Pépé le Moko
