Méphisto
1931 · 164 min
Drama
★ 6.6On his wedding night with Hilda Bergmann, the daughter of a swedish chemist, the young and rich american Willy Keanton is stabbed by an unidentified masked man. He kidnaps the young woman, who is found later on by the count Robert d'Arbel. The detective Jacques Miral, nicknamed « the pointed tower's ferret » is put in charge of the case. Soon, he discovers that an international bandit, Méphisto, seeks to seize the formula of a process against asphyxiating gas, invented by professor Bergmann. The struggle is tough between Miral and the uncatchable Méphisto. Monique Aubray, Keanton's secretary and engaged to the detective, the Nostradamus stallholders and the « mastiff of Bordeaux », and the famous novelist Fortuné Bidon are also involved in the case...
Crew
- Director Georges Vinter
- Director Henri Debain
Cast
Jean Gabin
Jacques Miral
René Navarre
le professeur Bergmann
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Janine Ronceray
Hilda Bergmann
Viviane Elder
Monique Aubray
Lucien Callamand
Fortuné Bidon
André Marnay
Richard
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Hélène Terpsé
la femme X
Alexandre Mihalesco
Nostradamus
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Mathilde Alberti
Mme Palmarède
France Dhélia
Fanoche
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Gil Roland
Robert d'Arbel
Jacques Maury
Willy Keanton
Crew
- Director — Georges Vinter
- Director — Henri Debain
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