Secrets of the French Police (1932)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

A. Edward Sutherland

Writers:

Samuel Ornitz (writer)
Robert Tasker (writer)

Release Date:

2 December 1932 (USA)

Genre:

Crime

Tagline:

This marble image that was once a living form.

Plot:

A burglar is recruited to aid the police in finding his kidnapped girlfriend, a lovely but impoverished flower girl...

Plot Keywords:

Russia | Kidnapping | Murder | Romanov | Thief

Cast

Frank Morgan	...	François St. Cyr
Gwili Andre	...	Eugenie Dorain
Gregory Ratoff	...	Gen. Hans Moloff
Rochelle Hudson	...	K-31, Undercover Agent
John Warburton	...	Leon Renault
Christian Rub	...	Anton Dorain
Murray Kinnell	...	Bertillon, la Sûrité Nationale Chief
Arnold Korff	...	Grand Duke Maxim Romanoff
Kendall Lee	...	Rena Harka
Lucien Prival	...	Baron Fedor Lomzoi
Guido Trento	...	Count de Marsay

Runtime:

59 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

My favorite moments in this film are:

- While the Inspector awaits the results of an examination of cigarette ash found at a crime scene he stands a few feet away from this delicate process, smoking his own cigarette dropping who knows how much ash.

- At a murder scene he once again lights up a cigarette and even flicks his spent match onto the floor.

With this kind of law enforcement it's a wonder France didn't descend into criminal anarchy.