''Captain Benoit'' (French: ''Le capitaine Benoît'') is a 1938 French

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directed by

Maurice de Canonge Maurice de Canonge (March 18, 1894 – January 10, 1979) was a French actor and film director.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.222 He is also sometimes known by the name Maurice Cannon. Selected filmography Director * ''Inspector Grey'' (1936) * '' Captain ...

and starring

Jean Murat Jean Murat (13 July 1888, in Périgueux – 5 January 1968, in Aix-en-Provence) was a French actor. He was married to the French actress Annabella. Selected filmography * ''Sex'' (1920) * ''La Galerie des monstres'' (1924), as Sveti * '' Carme ...

, Mireille Balin and

Madeleine Robinson Madeleine Robinson (born Madeleine Svoboda; 5 November 1917 – 1 August 2004) was a French actress. She was born to a French mother and Czech father near Paris. She was orphaned at the age of 14, and worked to support herself and her two younge ...

.Spring p.168 The film's sets were designed by the

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Lucien Aguettand Lucien Aguettand (28 January 1901 – 14 February 1989) was a French art directorHayward p.205 who designed the sets for over eighty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Little Devil May Care'' (1928) * ''All That's Not Worth Love' ...

. It was the fourth and final entry in a series of films featuring Captain Benoît, a member of the Deuxième Bureau, following '' Second Bureau'', ''

Wolves Between Them ''Wolves Between Them'' (French: ''Les loups entre eux'') is a 1936 French spy film, spy thriller film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Roger Duchesne, Jules Berry and Renée Saint-Cyr.Crisp p.322 The film's sets were designed by the art dire ...

'' and '' A Man to Kill''.

Synopsis

An officer saves the life of a foreign

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who is in France to buy

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s, while pursued by his enemies.

Cast

as Capitaine Benoît * Mireille Balin as Véra Agatcheff *

as Denise Benoît *

Raymond Aimos Raymond Aimos (4 February 1889 – 22 August 1944) was a French film actor.Capua p.127 Selected filmography * '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' (1930) * ''Wooden Crosses'' (1932) * ''Aces of the Turf'' (1932) * ''The ...

as Vic, le policier *

Jean Mercanton Jean Mercanton (20 May 1920 – 4 November 1947) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Mercanton began his career as a child actor, making his film debut in the year of his birth. Selected filmography * '' Miarka'' (1920) * '' The Two Boys'' (1924) ...

as Le prince Joachim / Jean-Jacques de Landelle *

Jean Témerson Jean Témerson (1898–1956) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) - Guillaume - le domestique * '' With a Smile'' (1936) - Cam (uncredited) * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937) - Gravère * ''Blanchette'' (193 ...

as Tripoff, le touriste *

Jean Brochard Jean Brochard (12 March 1893 – 17 June 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) - Petit rôle (uncredited) * ''Boubouroche'' (1933) * ''La ...

as Mercadier *

Jean Daurand Jean Daurand (1913–1989) was a French actor. He starred in ''La Nuit Merveilleuse'' and ''Derrière la Facade''. Selected filmography * ''Rothchild'' (1933) * ''Le secret d'une nuit'' (1934) * ''Pension Mimosas'' (1935) - Un groom (uncredit ...

as Griffon * Hugues de Bagratide as Le sultan *

Marguerite de Morlaye Marguerite de Morlaye (29 January 1870, Saint-Mandé –18 September 1957, Paris) was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''Martyr'' (1927) * '' A Foolish Maiden'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) ...

Nilda Duplessy Nilda Ismael do Nascimento (born 25 March 1972), commonly known as Nilda or Nildinha, is a Brazilian former football midfielder who played for the Brazil women's national football team. She represented Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics, but did ...

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as Un officier *

Philippe Janvier Philippe Janvier is a French paleontologist, specialising in Palaeozoic vertebrates, who currently works at the Museum National de l’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. He has written several books and scientific papers on Palaeozoic vertebrates and co ...

as Un officier *

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as Le préfet * Pierre Magnier as Le colonel *

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as Un conjuré * Marthe Mellot as La grand-mère * Alexandre Mihalesco as Adhémar *

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* Georges Serrano

References

Bibliography

* Spring, D.W. ''Propaganda, Politics and Film, 1918–45''. Springer, 1982.

External links

* 1938 films French thriller films 1938 thriller films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Maurice de Canonge French black-and-white films 1930s French films French spy films 1930s spy films French sequel films {{1930s-thriller-film-stub fr:Le Capitaine Benoît