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Escape From Yesterday

1935 1h 50m Adventure List
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After he kills a man in a fight, Pierre Gilieth (Jean Gabin) is forced to flee Paris. He winds up in Barcelona, Spain, but his money is stolen and he ends up having to join the Spanish Foreign Legion. He's eventually stationed in North Africa and believes that he has successfully covered his tracks. But one of his new friends in the squad, Fernando (Robert Le Vigan), is a detective and has been following his every move. However, the two will have to join forces when they're attacked by thieves.

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Audience Member Duvivier's foreign legion tale is a bit over-the-top but still contains many of the director's trademark flourishes. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member If Americans, Brits, etc. join the French Foreign Legion to forget and escape the past, what do the French join? The Spanish Foreign Legion obviously. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member it's no pépé le moko but it's a whole lot of fun. the film opens as gabin flees the scene of a murder which is never fully explained. soon he's in barcelona, cavorting with topless dancers and drag queens, pretty risque even for a french film of the period. however he soon tires of looking over his shoulder and joins the spanish foreign legion, a fighting force where names are assumed and no questions asked. his troop heads for morocco, where he falls in love with a bedouin dancer, played by annabella with henna tattoos, but all the while someone is on his trail... Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member good stuff just love gabin he was the first gerard depardeau. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After he kills a man in a fight, Pierre Gilieth (Jean Gabin) is forced to flee Paris. He winds up in Barcelona, Spain, but his money is stolen and he ends up having to join the Spanish Foreign Legion. He's eventually stationed in North Africa and believes that he has successfully covered his tracks. But one of his new friends in the squad, Fernando (Robert Le Vigan), is a detective and has been following his every move. However, the two will have to join forces when they're attacked by thieves.
Director
Julien Duvivier
Producer
A. Gargour
Screenwriter
Julien Duvivier, Charles Spaak
Production Co
Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 20, 2004
Runtime
1h 50m