Méphisto (1931)
- Released
- Runtime 2h 44m
- Director Henri Debain
- Genres Drama
Synopsis
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...
Cast
-
Jean Gabin
as Jacques Miral
-
René Navarre
as le professeur Bergmann
- Janine Ronceray as Hilda Bergmann
-
Viviane Elder
as Monique Aubray
-
Lucien Callamand
as Fortuné Bidon
-
André Marnay
as Richard
- Hélène Terpsé as la femme X
-
Alexandre Mihalesco
as Nostradamus
- Mathilde Alberti as Mme Palmarède
-
France Dhélia
as Fanoche
- Gil Roland as Robert d'Arbel
-
Jacques Maury
as Willy Keanton
- Paul Clerget as Cornelius
- Louis Zellas as Le « Dogue de Bordeaux »
-
Fernand Godeau
as Édouard
- Jean Marié de L'Isle as Le juge d'instruction
-
Milly Mathis
- Blanche Estival
Crew
-
Henri Debain
Director
- Georges Vinter Director
