Méphisto

Story

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...

Directors

Henri Debain, Georges Vinter

Writers

Arthur Bernède

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

17 April 1931

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Jean Gabin

  Jacques Miral

• 

  René Navarre

  le professeur Bergmann

• Janine Ronceray

  Hilda Bergmann

• 

  Viviane Elder

  Monique Aubray

• 

  Lucien Callamand

  Fortuné Bidon

• 

  André Marnay

  Richard

• Hélène Terpsé

  la femme X

• 

  Alexandre Mihalesco

  Nostradamus

• Mathilde Alberti

  Mme Palmarède

• 

  France Dhélia

  Fanoche

• Gil Roland

  Robert d'Arbel

• 

  Jacques Maury

  Willy Keanton