Méphisto
On 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...
Directed by Georges Vinter
Cast
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Jean Gabin Jacques Miral -
René Navarre le professeur Bergmann - Janine Ronceray Hilda Bergmann
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Viviane Elder Monique Aubray -
Lucien Callamand Fortuné Bidon -
André Marnay Richard - Hélène Terpsé la femme X
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Alexandre Mihalesco Nostradamus - Mathilde Alberti Mme Palmarède
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France Dhélia Fanoche - Gil Roland Robert d'Arbel
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Jacques Maury Willy Keanton
Make it a double feature
5h together
Méphisto
Sense and Sensibility
A close match in mood and era.
