Double Feature: 75th Anniversary! PEPE LE MOKO, 1937, TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI, 1954 September 7, 2012

Friday, September 7 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: 75th Anniversary! PEPE LE MOKO, 1937, Rialto Pictures, 94 min. Dir. Julien Duvivier. Fugitive Jean Gabin hides out from women, the law and fellow criminals in the Casbah of Algiers. He's safe in the Casbah's labyrinth until passion (in the form of a lovely Parisian playgirl) tempts him out into the open. This classic of French cinema influenced everything from American remakes to a Warner Bros. cartoon character (Pepe Le Pew) and Michael Curtiz’s CASABLANCA. In French with English subtitles.
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TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI, 1954, Rialto Pictures, 88 min. Dir. Jacques Becker (CASQUE D’OR, LE TROU). Aging gangster Jean Gabin is sitting on a fortune in gold from a perfect heist - but sleazeball Lino Ventura decides he wants in on the action, with the help of double-crossing chorus girl Jeanne Moreau. This exquisite noir was passed over by the Cannes Film Festival because "it gave the wrong idea of French cinema" - it went on to become a huge hit and inspired a wave of crack crime films like BOB LE FLAMBEUR and RIFIFI. In French with English subtitles.
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