MéphistoMovie
On his wedding night with Hilda Bergmann, the daughter of a swedish chemist, the young and rich american Willy Keanton is stabbed by an unidentified masked man. He kidnaps the young woman, who is found later on by the count Robert d'Arbel. The detective Jacques Miral, nicknamed « the pointed tower's ferret » is put in charge of the case. Soon, he discovers that an international bandit, Méphisto, seeks to seize the formula of a process against asphyxiating gas, invented by professor Bergmann. The struggle is tough between Miral and the uncatchable Méphisto. Monique Aubray, Keanton's secretary and engaged to the detective, the Nostradamus stallholders and the « mastiff of Bordeaux », and the famous novelist Fortuné Bidon are also involved in the case...
About Méphisto
Méphisto is a 1931 drama movie directed by Georges Vinter, Henri Debain.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 44m, production credits from France, an original language code of FR.
The credited cast includes Jean Gabin, René Navarre, Janine Ronceray, Viviane Elder. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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