Méphisto

Méphisto

1931 · 164 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama

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 Henri Debain

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Jean Gabin Jacques Miral
René Navarre le professeur Bergmann
Janine Ronceray Hilda Bergmann
Viviane Elder Monique Aubray
Lucien Callamand Fortuné Bidon
André Marnay Richard
Hélène Terpsé la femme X
Alexandre Mihalesco Nostradamus
Mathilde Alberti Mme Palmarède
France Dhélia Fanoche
Gil Roland Robert d'Arbel
Jacques Maury Willy Keanton

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