The Faceless Enemy
1946 film
- 9 October 1946 (1946-10-09)
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The Faceless Enemy (French: L'ennemi sans visage) is a 1946 French crime film directed by Robert-Paul Dagan and Maurice Cammage and starring Louise Carletti, Frank Villard and Jean Tissier.[1] It was based on the novel of the same title by Stanislas-André Steeman.[2] It featured his long-running detective Inspector Wens [fr]. The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Magniez.
Synopsis
A professor needs to do experiments on a living body, and so he is assigned a condemned man. However soon the scientist is found dead and the convict has escaped. Inspector Wens takes over the case.
Cast
- Louise Carletti as Arlette
- Frank Villard as Inspecteur Wens / Inspector Wens
- Roger Karl as Le professeur Artus / Professor Artus
- Jean Tissier as Tiburce Artus
- Jean Témerson as Hector / Le valet / Hector - the butler
- Maurice Lagrenée as Clarence Jude
- André Fouché as Maxime Artus
- Jim Gérald as Ramshow
- Denyse Réal as L'infirmière
- Huguette Montréal as Andrée
- Eugène Yvernès as Le chauffeur
- Jean Berton as Le commissaire
- Paul Delauzac as Le docteur
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Hardy, Phil. The BFI Companion to Crime. A&C Black, 1997.
External links
- The Faceless Enemy at IMDb
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