Méphisto

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

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

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Paul Clerget

Cornelius

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Louis Zellas

Le « Dogue de Bordeaux »

Fernand Godeau

Édouard

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Jean Marié de L'Isle

Le juge d'instruction

Milly Mathis

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Blanche Estival

Crew

Directing

• Georges Vinter Director
• Henri Debain Director

Writing

• Arthur Bernède Novel