A Man to Kill (French: L'Homme à abattre) is a 1937 French spy thriller film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Jean Murat, Jules Berry and Viviane Romance.[1] It was based on a novel of the same title by Charles Robert-Dumas.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was the third in a series of four films, followed by Captain Benoît in 1938.
| A Man to Kill | |
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| Directed by | Léon Mathot |
| Written by | Carlo Rim |
| Based on | A Man to Kill by Charles Robert-Dumas |
| Produced by | Antoine de Rouvre Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt |
| Starring | Jean Murat Jules Berry Viviane Romance |
| Cinematography | René Gaveau |
| Edited by | Jacques Desagneaux |
| Music by | Jean Lenoir |
Production company | Compagnie Française Cinématographique |
| Distributed by | La Société des films Sirius |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Cast
edit- Jean Murat as Le capitaine Benoît
- Jules Berry as Le commissaire Raucourt
- Roger Karl as Le commissaire Werter
- Viviane Romance as Hilda
- Raymond Aimos as Vic
- Bernard Lancret as Stéphane Gietzinger
- Madeleine Robinson as Andrée Ruval
- Pierre Magnier as Le colonel Guéraud
- Georges Prieur as Le général von Raugwitz
- Jean-Max as L'agent von Haidingen
References
editBibliography
edit- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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