Pépé le Moko
The World's New Triumph!
DramaCrimeRomancebased on novel or bookfilm noirblack and whitefrench noiralgiers, algeriaalgeriacriminal gangwanted mancasbahfrench polar
A melancholic noir romance about a trapped criminal whose love for an unattainable woman from his past life becomes both his salvation and his doom.
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.
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