You can feel him strain every sinew to get it right, but with his blond locks out of whack with his heavy stubble and his Dublin accent awkwardly unchanged, he is too earthy, that one - of - the - boys
persona unshakeable.
With his penetrating gaze, quiet strength, and
unshakeable everyman
persona, Jean Gabin was the most popular French matinee idol of the prewar period, and remains one of the great icons of cinema.