Méphisto (1931)

Méphisto (1931)

1931-04-17 France 164 Min. PG-13
6.7 3 votes

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...

Cast

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