Grey's_Thirteenth_Investigation

<i>Grey's Thirteenth Investigation</i>

Grey's Thirteenth Investigation

1937 film

Grey's Thirteenth Investigation (French: La treizième enquête de Grey) is a 1937 French crime film directed by Pierre Maudru and starring Maurice Lagrenée, Raymond Cordy and Colette Darfeuil.[1] It was based on play by Max Viterbo, inspired by the character of Inspector Grey in novels by Alfred Gragnon.[2] It was the third of series of four films featuring the detective. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré.

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Cast

  • Maurice Lagrenée as L'inspecteur Grey
  • Raymond Cordy as Corvetto
  • Paule Dagrève as Rosa Schneider
  • Colette Darfeuil as Daisy Garden
  • Jean Brochard as L'inspecteur Poussin
  • Philippe Hersent as Bernard Dartmore
  • Fernand Mailly as Docteur Dartmore
  • Lucien Ferney as Le directeur de l'hôtel
  • Ghyslaine as Bessy Gould
  • Ky Duyen as Okata - l'impresario japonais
  • Eddy Debray as Louis
  • Sylvia Cobs as La manucure
  • Renée Piat as La danseuse
  • Ketty Pierson as La journaliste
  • Lily Fairlie as Catherine

References

  1. [1]
    Bessy & Chirat p.277
  2. [2]
    Goble p.480

Bibliography

  • 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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