Hangman's Noose
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| Directed by | Léon Mathot |
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| Cinematography | Marcel Lucien |
| Edited by | Marguerite Beaugé |
| Music by | Jean Lenoir |
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| Distributed by | La Société des Films Sirius |
Release date | 23 November 1940 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Hangman's Noose (French: Le collier de chanvre) is a 1940 French mystery film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Jacqueline Delubac, André Luguet and Annie Vernay.[1] It is based on the 1932 novel Rope to Spare by Philip MacDonald about the detective Anthony Gethryn and is set in England.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne.
Main cast[]
- Jacqueline Delubac as Lady Gladys Carter-Fawcett
- André Luguet as Gethryn
- Annie Vernay as Lucy Gethryn
- Georges Lannes as Le colonel Raverscourt
- Sylvia Bataille as Anny, la serveuse
- Paul Azaïs as Dollboys
- Georges Grey as Le capitaine Herbert Lake
- Marcel Carpentier as Dyson
- Georges Bever as L'inspecteur Pike
- Thomy Bourdelle as Bronson
- as La femme du baron
- Marthe Mellot as La mère de Dollboys
References[]
- ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.279
Bibliography[]
- Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links[]
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Categories:
- French-language films
- 1940 mystery films
- French mystery films
- 1940 films
- French films
- Films directed by Léon Mathot
- Films based on British novels
- French films based on plays
- Films set in London
- French black-and-white films
- 1940s French film stubs