The read
It runs long at 2h 44m.
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...
Ratings
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Georges VinterDirector
- Henri DebainDirector
Cast
- Jean GabinJacques Miral
- René Navarrele professeur Bergmann
- Janine RoncerayHilda Bergmann
- Viviane ElderMonique Aubray
- Lucien CallamandFortuné Bidon
- André MarnayRichard
- Hélène Terpséla femme X
- Alexandre MihalescoNostradamus
- Mathilde AlbertiMme Palmarède
- France DhéliaFanoche
- Gil RolandRobert d'Arbel
- Jacques MauryWilly Keanton
