Méphisto

Apr 17, 1931

2h 44m

★ 6.5

Overview

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...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Films Osso

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Cast

Jacques Miral

Jean Gabin

le professeur Bergmann

René Navarre

Hilda Bergmann

Janine Ronceray

Monique Aubray

Viviane Elder

Fortuné Bidon

Lucien Callamand

Richard

André Marnay

la femme X

Hélène Terpsé

Nostradamus

Alexandre Mihalesco

Mme Palmarède

Mathilde Alberti

Fanoche

France Dhélia

Robert d'Arbel

Gil Roland

Willy Keanton

Jacques Maury

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