The Malay Dagger (French: Le poignard malais) is a 1931 French crime film directed by Roger Goupillières and starring Jean Marchat, Gaby Basset and Jean Toulout.Bessy & Chirat p.94 It was based on a short story by Tristan Bernard.Goble p.37 It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
Cast Jean Marchat as Lucien Moutier Gaby Basset as Maggy Jean Toulout as Moutier Charlotte Barbier-Krauss as Mme. Moutier Gilbert Périgneaux as Pierre Jeanne Méa as Mlle. de Saint-Verneau Hélène Robert as Anna Nicole Martel Florelle
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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