Bach the Detective
{{short description|1936 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Bach the Detective
| image = Bach the Detective.png
| caption =
| director = René Pujol
| producer =
| writer = Jacques Daniel-Norman
André Mouëzy-Éon
| narrator =
| starring = Bach
Ginette Leclerc
Paul Bernard
| music = Vincent Scotto
Jean Yatove
| cinematography =Simon Hugo
| editing =
| studio = BBB Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1936|11|20|df=yes}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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Bach the Detective (French: Bach détective) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by René Pujol and starring Bach, Ginette Leclerc and Paul Bernard.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.242 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
Bibliography
- Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.