In the Name of the Law

In the Name of the Law

95 mins | Drama, Crime | April 15, 1932

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.

In the Name of the Law

95 mins | Drama, Crime | April 15, 1932

In the Name of the Law
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Pathé-Natan
Original title Au nom de la loi
Directors Edouard Lepage, Maurice Tourneur, Jacques Tourneur
Writers Paul Bringuier, Maurice Tourneur

Cast

Marcelle Chantal

as Sandra

Régine Dancourt

as Mireille

Gabriel Gabrio

as Amédée

Jean Marchat

as Marcel

Jean Dax

as Chevalier

José Noguéro

as Gonzalès

Harry Nestor

as Comte de Bullack

Pierre Labry

as Ludovic

Geo Laby

as Clamart

Charles Vanel

as Lancelot

Michèle Morgan

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