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In the Name of the Law (1932)

Directed by Maurice Tourneur

Overview

The story is about a drug ring and the finally successful efforts of the Paris police to break it up. A young detective goes into a den in Paris’ Chinatown, following a clue, and that is the last seen of him until his body is found floating in the Seine several days later. The only clue is a woman’s glove. The dead man’s friends on the force vow to avenge him, and receive information leading them to suspect one Sandra, a beautiful foreigner, played by the stunning Marcelle Chantal.

Length 95 minutes

Actors

Marcelle Chantal | Régine Dancourt | Gabriel Gabrio | Jean Marchat | Jean Dax | José Noguéro | Harry Nestor | Pierre Labry | Geo Laby | Charles Vanel | Michèle Morgan