Captain Benoit

{{short description|1938 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Captain Benoit

| image = Captain Benoit.jpg

| caption =

| director = Maurice de Canonge

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

| writer = Albert Guyot
Charles Robert-Dumas (novel)
Bernard Zimmer

| starring = Jean Murat
Mireille Balin
Madeleine Robinson

| music = Jean Lenoir

| cinematography = Raymond Clunie
Marcel Lucien

| editing = Yvonne Martin

| studio = Compagnie Française Cinématographique
Société des Films Vega

| distributor = Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique

| released = {{Film date|1938|12|30|df=yes}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

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Captain Benoit (French: Le capitaine Benoît) is a 1938 French thriller film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Jean Murat, Mireille Balin and Madeleine Robinson.Spring p.168 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It was the fourth and final entry in a series of films featuring Captain Benoît, a member of the Deuxième Bureau, following Second Bureau, Wolves Between Them and A Man to Kill.

Synopsis

An officer saves the life of a foreign prince who is in France to buy seaplanes, while pursued by his enemies.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Spring, D.W. Propaganda, Politics and Film, 1918–45. Springer, 1982.