''Grey's Thirteenth Investigation'' (French: ''La treizième enquête de Grey'') is a 1937 French

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by Pierre Maudru and starring

Maurice Lagrenée Maurice Lagrenée (1 July 1893 - 23 May 1955) was a French film actor. Lagrenée was born Maurice-Jules Guichard in Sivry-Courtry and died in Paris at age 61. Selected filmography * ''Jean Chouan'' (1926) * '' The Champion Cook'' (1932) * '' The ...

Raymond Cordy Raymond Cordy (9 December 1898 – 23 April 1956) was a French film actor,Youngkin p.466 born Raymond Cordiaux. He appeared in over a hundred and thirty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Little Lise'' (1930) - Un joueur de bill ...

and

Colette Darfeuil Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998) was a French actress whose film career began at age 14 in 1920 and continued through the early 1950s. Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 ...

. It was based on play by Max Viterbo, inspired by the character of Inspector Grey created by Alfred Gragnon.Goble p.480 It was the third of series of four films featuring the detective. The film's sets were designed by the

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Lucien Carré Lucien Carré (born 1904) was a French art directorCapua p.127 active in the French cinema designing film sets from the late 1920s to the late 1950s. He worked frequently with the director André Hunebelle as well as Julien Duvivier and Anatole ...

Cast

as L'inspecteur Grey *

as Corvetto * Paule Dagrève as Rosa Schneider *

as Daisy Garden *

Jean Brochard Jean Brochard (; 12 March 1893 – 17 June 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) - Petit rôle (uncredited) * ''Boubouroche'' (1933) * '' ...

as L'inspecteur Poussin *

Philippe Hersent Philippe Hersent (26 July 1912 – 30 December 1982) was a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1930 to 1978. Filmography References External links * 1912 births 1982 deaths French male film actors {{France ...

as Bernard Dartmore *

Fernand Mailly Fernand Mailly (26 February 1873) was a French actor. Born Fernand Jean-Paul Anne in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Selected filmography * ''Brigadier Gerard'' (1915) * '' Le traquenard'' (1915) * ''The Empire of Diamonds'' (1920) *'' The Agon ...

as Docteur Dartmore *

Lucien Ferney Lucien is a male given name. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of Lucius. People Given name *Lucien, 3rd Prince Murat (1803–1878), French politician and Prince of Pontecorvo *Lucien, Lord of Monaco (1487–1 ...

as Le directeur de l'hôtel * Ghyslaine as Bessy Gould * Ky Duyen as Okata - l'impresario japonais *

Eddy Debray Eddy may refer to: * Eddy (surname), surname used by descendants of a number of English, Irish and Scottish families * Eddy (given name), male given name * Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fl ...

as Louis * Sylvia Cobs as La manucure *

Renée Piat Renée (without the accent in non-French speaking countries) is a French feminine given name and surname. Renée is the female form of René, with the extra "e" making it feminine according to French grammar. The name Renée is the French form ...

as La danseuse * Ketty Pierson as La journaliste * Lily Fairlie as Catherine

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939''. Pygmalion, 1986. * 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.

External links

* 1937 films French crime films 1937 crime films 1930s French-language films French black-and-white films 1930s French films French sequel films {{1930s-France-film-stub