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...
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Jean Gabin
Jacques Miral
Known for
Grand Illusion
The Sicilian Clan
René Navarre
le professeur Bergmann
Also in
Fantômas
Tragic Error
Janine Ronceray
Hilda Bergmann
Viviane Elder
Monique Aubray
Also in
The Miracle Child
Lucien Callamand
Fortuné Bidon
Known for
The Black Tulip
Fan-Fan the Tulip
André Marnay
Richard
Also in
Le Juif Errant
The Man with Three Masks
Hélène Terpsé
la femme X
No other roles listed
Alexandre Mihalesco
Nostradamus
Known for
Marius
Mathilde Alberti
Mme Palmarède
Also in
Simple-Minded
Tour of Song
France Dhélia
Fanoche
Also in
The Bachelor Girl
The Sultan of Love
Gil Roland
Robert d'Arbel
Also in
Les Maris de Léontine
La Possession
Jacques Maury
Willy Keanton
Known for
Smiley's People
The Outsider
Henri Debain Director · Georges Vinter Director Arthur Bernède Author
First release April 17, 1931 · Produced in France
Production
Les Films Osso
Production
France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · April 17, 1931
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