Pépé le Moko (1937)
Lucas Gridoux: Slimane
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Quotes
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Casbah Woman : [shouting to Pépé] Luck be with you, Pépé!
Gaby Gould : What an amazing fellow!
Inspecteur Slimane : Isn't he? I think it's over I'll take you back.
Gaby Gould : With pleasure. I lost my friends.
Inspecteur Slimane : They must have gone home. Isn't Pépé Le Moko amusing?
Gaby Gould : He's entertaining. But you won't arrest him.
Inspecteur Slimane : I've written the date of his arrest on the wall of my room where the sun shines.
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Pépé le Moko : Our friend Slimane is funny. He means it! He wants to arrest me. Delusions of the grandeur!
Inspecteur Slimane : I'll get you! It's written!
Pépé le Moko : Sure. Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure. Sure!
Inspecteur Slimane : You're funny.
Pépé le Moko : And how much time will I do?
Inspecteur Slimane : Consult a fortune teller.
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Inspecteur Slimane : Women will be your undoing, Pépé.
Pépé le Moko : Relax. I give them my body but I keep my head. Who knows when I might need it, right?
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Gaby Gould : Where does he live? Just opposite?
Casbah Woman : Sometimes in here on the side of the heart, sometimes, the other. Home is wherever he finds a woman. Here, he's the caid's caid.
Gaby Gould : Caid?
Inspecteur Slimane : The boss. His favorite is Inès, a gypsy.
Casbah Woman : Don't say it so loud.
Inspecteur Slimane : When he's killed, there will be 3,000 widows at his funeral.
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Inspecteur Slimane : The Devil's son always works with demonic children. Le Moko? A prince of plunder. Fifteen convictions, 33 daylight robberies, two bank holdups. And burglaries? We haven't enough fingers in this room on which to count them all. How could he not be admired? And such a good boy! He wears his heart on his sleeve. As quick with a smile for friends as a knife for foes. So charming!
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Pépé le Moko : You have a good mug.
Inspecteur Slimane : Do I?
Pépé le Moko : Oh yes. You wear your badge on your face. To look this phony, now that's honesty!
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Pépé le Moko : Not with them, Slimane?
Inspecteur Slimane : Hasty work is sloppy work. *Shouia.* Slow is better.
Pépé le Moko : Don't like to brawl, my little beagle?
Inspecteur Slimane : No, my little fox.
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Inspecteur Slimane : I'll get you, Pépé. But, in my own way. If God is willing.
Pépé le Moko : I can't wait!
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Pépé le Moko : And if I kill you?
Inspecteur Slimane : Inshallah! You despise me too much to kill me.
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Tania : He never talks. He acts.
Inspecteur Slimane : He beats you?
Tania : Yes, it relaxes him.
Inspecteur Slimane : And since you're a woman, you take it without complaining.
Tania : I've always been beaten. When I did music halls, my crooner boyfriend used to slap me around because I was more popular.
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Pépé le Moko : What'd she say?
Inspecteur Slimane : Nothing much. She just talked. I don't really listen to women.
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Inspecteur Slimane : What did you think of her?
Pépé le Moko : Not bad. She's got pearls and the kind of smile I like: with lip rouge! And bracelets like I understand them: in platinum with small diamonds. And a "hell-with-you" attitude.
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Inspecteur Slimane : A glass of anisette?
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Inspecteur Slimane : The Casbah is a place where caution must be taken. An unaccompanied woman is an object of desire. So I can't insist enough that you keep an eye on your friend.