A Man to Kill

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
Directed byLéon Mathot
Written byCarlo Rim
Based onA Man to Kill by Charles Robert-Dumas
Produced byAntoine de Rouvre
Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt
StarringJean Murat
Jules Berry
Viviane Romance
CinematographyRené Gaveau
Edited byJacques Desagneaux
Music byJean Lenoir
Production
company
Compagnie Française Cinématographique
Distributed byLa Société des films Sirius
Release date
25 February 1937
Running time
102 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Cast

References

  1. Bessy & Chirat p.133
  2. Goble p.800

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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