Bach the Detective

Bach the Detective
Directed by	René Pujol
Written by	Jacques Daniel-Norman André Mouëzy-Éon
Starring	Bach Ginette Leclerc Paul Bernard
Cinematography	Simon Hugo
Music by	Vincent Scotto Jean Yatove
Production company	BBB Films
Release date	20 November 1936 (1936-11-20)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Bach the Detective (French: Bach détective) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by René Pujol and starring Bach, Ginette Leclerc and Paul Bernard. ^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Duquesne.

Synopsis

Narcisse works as a doorman for a firm of jewellers, but dreams of becoming a private detective. Het gets his break when he is employed by a detective agency and is able to clear the nephew of his former boss who has been wrongly accused of theft.

Cast

• Bach as Narcisse
• Paul Bernard as André
• Monique Bert as Mag
• Ginette Gaubert as Olga Worskaïa
• Louis Florencie as Baudry
• Armand Lurville as Lesueur
• Jacques Dumesnil as Stefani
• Ginette Leclerc as Zita
• Georges Prieur as Durandel
• Georges Morton as Olive
• Edmond Castel as M. Estrade
• Simone d'Arche as Dora
• Jules Moy as L'usurier
• Alexandre Mihalesco as L'extra
• Andrée Champeaux as L'amie du baron
• Rachel Devirys as La maîtresse de maison
• Yvonne Yma as Madame Estrade
• Georges Tréville as Le baron
• Jean Brochard as Le voyageur indisposé
• Ky Duyen as Le complice de Stefani
• Myno Burney as Vendeuse de la bijouterie
• Gabriel Farguette as Le fils de l'aubergiste
• René Novan as Tony
• Marcel Loche as Le domestique de Dora
• Albert Brouett as Un élève chez Lesueur
• Albert Broquin as Le distributeur de prospectus
• Paul Demange as M. Dubois
• Albert Malbert as Le gendarme
• Léon Larive as L'aubergiste

References

1. Oscherwitz & Higgins p.242

Bibliography

• Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Bach the Detective at IMDb