05 Jan 1933
File 113
A Parisian cop sets out to solve a sudden series of crimes, including robbery and blackmail. Based on a novel by Émile Gaboriau.
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A fancy masquerade party is the scene of a jewel robbery, and later several suspects in the robbery are discovered to be aboard the same train.
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Estelle Taylor Doris
Edmund Burns Sinclair
Lucien Prival Benoit
Gertrude Astor Mrs. Winters
Eddie Kane Frank
James P. Burtis Eddie
John Vosper Bracy
Mahlon Hamilton Wilkes
Crauford Kent James
Adeline Ashbury Mrs. James
Arthur Millett David Sharpe
Jasper Palmer Wilfred Lucas
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