Captain Benoit

Captain Benoit
Directed by	Maurice de Canonge
Written by	Albert Guyot Charles Robert-Dumas (novel) Bernard Zimmer
Produced by	Antoine de Rouvre Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt
Starring	Jean Murat Mireille Balin Madeleine Robinson
Cinematography	Raymond Clunie Marcel Lucien
Edited by	Yvonne Martin
Music by	Jean Lenoir
Production companies	Compagnie Française Cinématographique Société des Films Vega
Distributed by	Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique
Release date	30 December 1938 (1938-12-30)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Captain Benoit (French: Le capitaine Benoît) is a 1938 French thriller film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Jean Murat, Mireille Balin and Madeleine Robinson. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It was the fourth and final entry in a series of films featuring Captain Benoît, a member of the Deuxième Bureau, following Second Bureau, Wolves Between Them and A Man to Kill.

Synopsis

An officer saves the life of a foreign prince who is in France to buy seaplanes, while pursued by his enemies.

Cast

• Jean Murat as Capitaine Benoît
• Mireille Balin as Véra Agatcheff
• Madeleine Robinson as Denise Benoît
• Raymond Aimos as Vic, le policier
• Jean Mercanton as Le prince Joachim / Jean-Jacques de Landelle
• Jean Témerson as Tripoff, le touriste
• Jean Brochard as Mercadier
• Jean Daurand as Griffon
• Hugues de Bagratide as Le sultan
• Marguerite de Morlaye
• Nilda Duplessy
• Jean Heuzé as Un officier
• Philippe Janvier as Un officier
• Armand Larcher as Le préfet
• Pierre Magnier as Le colonel
• Jacques Mattler as Un conjuré
• Marthe Mellot as La grand-mère
• Alexandre Mihalesco as Adhémar
• Micheline Rolla
• Georges Serrano

Bibliography

• Spring, D.W. Propaganda, Politics and Film, 1918–45. Springer, 1982.

External links

• Captain Benoit at IMDb