The Cavalier of Croix-Mort

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The Cavalier of Croix-Mort
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Directed byLucien Ganier-Raymond
Written by Pierre Laroche
Based onLe Vinaigre des quatre-voleurs by Albert Jean
Produced by Charles de Grenier
Starring Henri Nassiet
Madeleine Robinson
Yves Vincent
Cinematography Maurice Pecqueux
Edited by Monique Lacombe
Music by Henri Verdun
Production
company
Simoun Films
Distributed byConsortium du Film
Release date
  • 14 April 1948 (1948-04-14)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Cavalier of Croix-Mort (French: Le cavalier de Croix-Mort) is a 1948 French historical crime drama film directed by Lucien Ganier-Raymond and starring Henri Nassiet, Madeleine Robinson and Yves Vincent. [1] [2] [3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon.

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François d'Anthar returns home to find his wife Élisabeth in the arms of another man, Simon de Chabre. Enraged he wounds the man but Élisabeth's sister Lucile claims that he was there to see her. To maintain the pretence she becomes engaged to Simon. This provokes Élisabeth's jealousy and she arranges to have him kidnapped by hired thugs. The investigating police officer Eugène François Vidocq is able to solve the case and bring Simon and Lucile together again.

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References

  1. Goble p.707
  2. https://www.unifrance.org/film/4880/le-cavalier-de-croix-mort
  3. Rège p.424

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