Synopsis
One of the all-time classic gangster films. In hiding in an exoticised
Casbah in
Algiers, the dashing Pépé (
Gabin) rules over men’s loyalties and women’s hearts ("When they kill Pépé, there will be 3,000 widows at his funeral!"). He falls for the glamorous Gaby (
Mireille Balin) who revives his nostalgia for Paris, with tragic consequences. So successful it was remade twice in Hollywood (as
Algiers and
Casbah).
