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Captain Benoit

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Captain Benoit
Directed byMaurice de Canonge
Written byAlbert Guyot
Charles Robert-Dumas (novel)
Bernard Zimmer
Produced byAntoine de Rouvre
Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt
StarringJean Murat
Mireille Balin
Madeleine Robinson
CinematographyRaymond Clunie
Marcel Lucien
Edited byYvonne Martin
Music byJean Lenoir
Production
companies
Compagnie Française Cinématographique
Société des Films Vega
Distributed byCompagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique
Release date
  • 30 December 1938 (1938-12-30)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Captain Benoit (French: Le capitaine Benoît) is a 1938 French thriller film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Jean Murat, Mireille Balin and Madeleine Robinson.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. 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 and A Man to Kill.

Synopsis

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An officer saves the life of a foreign prince who is in France to buy seaplanes, while pursued by his enemies.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Spring p.168

Bibliography

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