Belphégor

Overview

Belphégor deals with a series of mysterious appearances by a masked-and-robed figure in the Louvre; a security guard is murdered, and a later police trap is foiled when the phantom—“Belphégor” (the name of a legendary demon)—uses knock-out gas. Journalist Jacques Bellegarde of “Le Petit Parisien” (the real-life newspaper which published the original story in serial installments), investigates, and eventually discovers famous detective Chantecoq and his vivacious daughter Colette are also on the case.

Directed by Henri Desfontaines

Top cast

René Navarre

Chantecoq

Elmire Vautier

Simone Desroches

Lucien Dalsace

Jacques Bellegarde

Michèle Verly

Colette Barjac

Jeanne Brindeau

Elsa Bergen

Alice Tissot

Baronne Papillon

Georges Paulais

Ménardier

Genica Missirio

Maurice de Thouars

Albert Mayer

Anna Lefeuvrier

Camille Bert

C

Cesar-Tullio Terrore

S

Simone Montalet

André Volbert

Chef de la Sûreté

Émilien Richard

Baron Papillon

Jeanne Bérangère

Sylviane de Castillo

Nicolas Redelsperger

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