Jean Gabin is a legend of French cinema, although he is not too well known in the US. Film students and other film aficionados will know his name, of course. This is his masterpiece, as the script, characterizations and location are first-rate. The location, the Casbah in Algiers, was one of the best locations to shoot a film in the history of cinema. In this film, Gabin is a sucker for love. In real life, hoods like him are seldom, if ever, a sucker for love. But this is the movies; so enjoy the fantasy.
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