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	Pépé le Moko (2 discs)     Directed by Julien Duvivier France 1937 / Crime / Drama / Romance / 94 min / B&W/ Monaural / 1.33: 1 / NTSC /  In French with Optional  English Subtitles Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Gabriel Gabrio, Lucas Gridoux Gilbert Gil, Line Noro, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin, Marcel Dalio, Charles Granval, Gaston Modot. The notorious Pepe le Moko (Jean Gabin, in a truly iconic performance) is a wanted man: women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law is breathing down his neck at every turn. On the lam in the labyrinthine Casbah of Algiers, Pepe is safe from the clutches of the police--until a Parisian playgirl compels him to risk his life and leave its confines once and for all. Once of the most influential films of the 20th century and a landmark of French poetic realism.

Bonus Features:  Theatrical trailer
◦ New digital transfer, made from newly restored film elements
◦ 1962 French television interview with director Julien Duvivier
◦ Excerpts from the 1978 television documentary Remembering Jean Gabin
◦ Excerpts from Ginette Vincendeau's BFI Classics study of Pepe le Moko, addressing the historical background of

the film's setting and the French crime novel genre
◦ A study of the lasting influence of Pepe on popular culture, including a special video comparison between Pepe and the 1938 U.S. remake Algiers
◦ New and improved English subtitle translation