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* WhatBeautifulEyes: The iconic scene with Jean's line to Nelly, "T'as d'beaux yeux tu sais" ("Y'got beautiful eyes, you know"). TheBigDamnKiss ensues.

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A 1938 French film directed by Creator/MarcelCarne that follows a deserter (Creator/JeanGabin) as he finds love in a French port city.

The movie also stars Creator/MichelSimon, Creator/MicheleMorgan, Creator/PierreBrasseur, Creator/EdouardDelmont, and Creator/RaymondAimos.

It was released on May 18, 1938.

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''Le Quai des brumes'' (''Port of Shadows'') is a
1938 French romantic drama film directed by Creator/MarcelCarne that Creator/MarcelCarne.

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follows a an army deserter (Creator/JeanGabin) as he finds love in a French port city.

The movie also stars Creator/MichelSimon, Creator/MicheleMorgan, Creator/PierreBrasseur, Creator/EdouardDelmont, Creator/EdouardDelmont and Creator/RaymondAimos.

It was released on May 18, 1938.

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* EvilDetectingDog: The stray dog that follows Jean around for most of the film starts barking angrily at Zabel when he shows up at the seaside bar where Jean is hiding in a back room with Nelly, Zabel's ward. When Jean stops by Zabel's shop later in the film, the dog starts barking at Zabel again. [[spoiler: It is later learned that Zabel killed Nelly's would-be suitor, Maurice, in a jealous rage born of his own lust for her]].

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* EvilDetectingDog: The stray dog that follows Jean around for most of the film starts barking angrily at Zabel when he shows up at the seaside bar where Jean is hiding in a back room with Nelly, Zabel's ward. When Jean stops by Zabel's shop later in the film, the dog starts barking at Zabel again. [[spoiler: It is later learned that Zabel killed Nelly's would-be suitor, Maurice, in a jealous rage born of his own lust for her]].her]].
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A 1938 French film directed by Creator/MarcelCarne that follows a deserter (Creator/JeanGabin) as he finds love in a French port city.

The movie also stars Creator/MichelSimon, Creator/MicheleMorgan, Creator/PierreBrasseur, Creator/EdouardDelmont, and Creator/RaymondAimos.

It was released on May 18, 1938.

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* AnimalsHateHim: One of the first clues that Nelly's guardian, Zabel, is more villainous than he lets on comes when the stray dog that has been following Jean starts barking angrily when Zabel visits the seaside bar to wash blood off his hands. When Jean and his dog later stop by Zabel's shop, the dog starts barking at Zabel again. [[spoiler:It is later learned that the blood on Zabel's hands belonged to Nelly's would-be boyfriend Maurice, whom Zabel killed out of jealousy born of his own lust for her]].
* DangerousDeserter: Jean, is a deserter from the French army who is on the run for an unnamed crime. He is short-tempered and prone to violence, slapping gangster wannabe Lucien Legardier when the latter starts harassing him over his bond with Nelly, and brutally murdering Nelly's godfather, Zabel, after [[spoiler:he admits to having killed Nelly's would-be boyfriend Maurice out of jealousy over Nelly's affection for him]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Army deserter Jean admits to Nelly that he is a wanted man and is planning to flee France under a new identity to start a new life in Venezuela. It is never learned what precisely what crime he committed, but it's serious enough that he can't stay to face the consequences.
* EvilDetectingDog: The stray dog that follows Jean around for most of the film starts barking angrily at Zabel when he shows up at the seaside bar where Jean is hiding in a back room with Nelly, Zabel's ward. When Jean stops by Zabel's shop later in the film, the dog starts barking at Zabel again. [[spoiler: It is later learned that Zabel killed Nelly's would-be suitor, Maurice, in a jealous rage born of his own lust for her]].

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