Secrets of the French Police

1932 film

Secrets of the French Police

Directed by| A. Edward Sutherland
Written by| Robert Tasker
Samuel Ornitz
Robert Benchley
Based on| Secrets of French Police Inspectors by H. Ashton Wolfe (story series)
Produced by| David O. Selznick
Starring| Gwili Andre
Gregory Ratoff
Frank Morgan
John Warburton
Cinematography| Alfred Gilks
Edited by| Arthur Roberts
Music by| Max Steiner

Production
company

RKO Radio Pictures

Distributed by| RKO Radio Pictures

Release date

* December 2, 1932 (1932-12-02)

Running time

| 58 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Secrets of the French Police is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Gwili Andre, Gregory Ratoff, and Frank Morgan.

The film was made as a B film by RKO Radio Pictures, using some of the sets from RKO's The Most Dangerous Game (1932). The film is based partly on Samuel Ornitz's own unpublished novel The Last Empress.[1]

## Plot

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In Paris, a French thief is employed by the Sûreté to investigate a sinister Russian émigré who may have the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia at his house.

## Cast

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* Gwili Andre as Eugenie Dorain
* Gregory Ratoff as Han Moloff
* Frank Morgan as François St. Cyr
* John Warburton as Leon Renault
* Rochelle Hudson as K-31
* Christian Rub as Anton Dorain
* Murray Kinnell as Bertillon
* Arnold Korff as Grand Duke Maxim
* Kendall Lee as Rena Harka
* Lucien Prival as Lomzoi
* Guido Trento as Count de Marsay
* Wong Chung as Chinese Guard
* Harry Cording as Man Reading Newspaper
* Chester Gan as Chinese Guard
* Julia Swayne Gordon as Mme. Danton
* Kate Drain Lawson as Concierge
* Vivien Oakland as 2nd Cohort of Moloff
* Cyril Ring in undetermined minor role
* Ellinor Vanderveer as 1st Cohort of Moloff

## References

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1. ^ Dick p.20

## Bibliography

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* Bernard F. Dick, Radical Innocence: A Critical Study of the Hollywood Ten (University Press of Kentucky, 1988)

## External links

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* Secrets of the French Police at the TCM Movie Database
* Secrets of the French Police at IMDb

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Films directed by A. Edward Sutherland

* Coming Through (1925)
* Wild, Wild Susan (1925)
* A Regular Fellow (1925)
* Behind the Front (1926)
* It's the Old Army Game (1926)
* We're in the Navy Now (1926)
* Love's Greatest Mistake (1927)
* Fireman, Save My Child (1927)
* Figures Don't Lie (1927)
* Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928)
* The Baby Cyclone (1928)
* What a Night! (1928)
* Close Harmony (1929)
* The Dance of Life (1929)
* The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
* Fast Company (1929)
* Pointed Heels (1929)
* Burning Up (1930)
* Paramount on Parade (1930)
* The Social Lion (1930)
* The Sap from Syracuse (1930)
* The Gang Buster (1931)
* June Moon (1931)
* Up Pops the Devil (1931)
* Palmy Days (1931)
* Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
* Secrets of the French Police (1932)
* Murders in the Zoo (1933)
* International House (1933)
* Too Much Harmony (1933)
* Mississippi (1935)
* Diamond Jim (1935)
* Poppy (1936)
* Every Day's a Holiday (1937)
* Champagne Waltz (1937)
* The Flying Deuces (1939)
* Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
* The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
* One Night in the Tropics (1940)
* The Invisible Woman (1940)
* Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
* Steel Against the Sky (1941)
* Sing Your Worries Away (1942)
* The Navy Comes Through (1942)
* Army Surgeon (1942)
* Dixie (1943)
* Follow the Boys (1944)
* Secret Command (1944)
* Abie's Irish Rose (1946)
* Bermuda Affair (1956)

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