''Three Investigations'' (French: ''Triple enquête'') is a 1948 French

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directed by Claude Orval and starring Antonin Berval,

Suzy Prim Suzy Prim (11 October 1896 – 7 July 1991) was a French actress. She was born Suzanne Mariette Arduini in Paris and died in 1991 in Boulogne-Billancourt. She began her screen career as a child actress during the silent era. Selected filmo ...

and Junie Astor. https://www.unifrance.org/film/7396/triple-enquete The film's sets were designed by the

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s Aimé Bazin and

Louis Le Barbenchon Louis Le Barbenchon (1911–1980) was a French production designer, set decorator, and art director. He designed the sets for a number of French film productions. Selected filmography * ''His Uncle from Normandy'' (1939) * '' My Aunt the Dictato ...

Synopsis

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Thomas of the Surete investigates three separate cases including theft, murder and the kidnapping of a child.

Cast

* Antonin Berval as L'inspecteur de police Thomas *

as Irène * Junie Astor as Madame Robert * Fernand Fabre as Le docteur Justin *

Georges Vitray Georges Vitray (1888–1960) was a French film actor.Crisp p.155 Biography Georges Victor Leporcher was born in Paris, France to Constant Leporcher and Victorine Victoire Bricier. Georges took the name Vitray as a stage name. Georges' mother wa ...

as Le docteur Robert * Gustave Gallet as Le commissaire de police Gribaudet * Dorette Ardenne as Gaby *

Rivers Cadet Rivers Cadet (1 March 1892 – 1 November 1968) was a French actor. Cadet was born Jean Maurice Large in Paris. He was the brother of Fernand Rivers. Selected filmography * '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * '' The Ironmaster'' (1933) * '' Th ...

as Le complice * Simone Cerdan as L'infirmière *

Maurice Lagrenée Maurice Lagrenée (1 July 1893 - 23 May 1955) was a French film actor. Lagrenée was born Maurice-Jules Guichard in Sivry-Courtry and died in Paris at age 61. Selected filmography * ''Jean Chouan'' (1926) * '' The Champion Cook'' (1932) * '' The ...

as Jean Fournier * Palmyre Levasseur as La patronne de l'hôtel *

Philippe Richard Philippe Richard (24 June 1891 – 24 December 1973) was a French film and theater actor. Richard was born in Saint-Étienne and began his film career in the early 1920s in silent film. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sa ...

as Latanière * Raymond Soguet as Max *

Madeleine Suffel Madeleine Suffel (1899–1974) was a French film and stage actress.Palmer & Michael p.274 She played supporting roles in a number of films from the early 1930s onwards. Selected filmography * '' A Rare Bird'' (1935) * '' School for Coquettes'' (1 ...

as La standardiste * Victor Vina as Le juge d'instruction

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950''. Pygmalion, 1986 * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1948 films French crime films 1948 crime films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Claude Orval French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films scored by Marcel Landowski {{1940s-France-film-stub