Inspector Grey

Inspector Grey (French: Inspecteur Grey) is a 1936 French crime film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Maurice Lagrenée, Jean Brochard and Colette Broïdo.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne. It was based on a novel by Alfred Gragnon.[3] It was followed by three sequels beginning with L'Empreinte rouge in 1937.

Inspector Grey
Directed byMaurice de Canonge
Written byMaurice de Canonge
Based onInspector Grey by Alfred Gragnon
StarringMaurice Lagrenée
Jean Brochard
Colette Broïdo
CinematographyAndré Dantan
Production
company
Société des Films d'Aventures
Release date
22 May 1936
Running time
84 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Cast

  • Maurice Lagrenée as L'inspecteur Grey
  • Raymond Maurel as Dupré
  • Colette Broïdo as Hélène
  • Paule Dagrève as Monique Jeffries
  • Jean Brochard as L'inspecteur Poussin
  • Gine Elly as La fille Rachaud
  • Victor Grail as Victor
  • Fernand Mailly as Le commissaire
  • Alexandre Mihalesco as Brown
  • Nicole Ray as Armandine
  • Sylvaine as Victoire

References

  1. Bessy & Chirat p.175
  2. Crisp p.407
  3. Goble p.189

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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