A Man to Kill

{{short description|1937 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = A Man to Kill

| image =File:A Man to Kill.jpg

| caption =

| director =Léon Mathot

| producer =Antoine de Rouvre
Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt

| based_on =A Man to Kill by Charles Robert-Dumas

| writer = Carlo Rim

| narrator =

| starring =Jean Murat
Jules Berry
Viviane Romance

| music = Jean Lenoir

| cinematography = René Gaveau

| editing =Jacques Desagneaux

| studio =Compagnie Française Cinématographique

| distributor =La Société des films Sirius

| released = {{Film date|1937|02|25|df=yes}}

| runtime = 102 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

}}

A Man to Kill (French: L'Homme à abattre) is a 1937 French spy thriller film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Jean Murat, Jules Berry and Viviane Romance.Bessy & Chirat p.133 It was based on a novel of the same title by Charles Robert-Dumas.Goble p.800 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was the third in a series of four films, followed by Captain Benoît in 1938.

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Bibliography

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  • 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.