While Paris Sleeps (1932 film)

While Paris Sleeps is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Victor McLaglen, Helen Mack and Rita La Roy.

Plot Jacques Costaud, a French war veteran is sentenced to life in prison for killing a man but soon escapes from a penal colony in French Guiana. He then flees to Paris to find his daughter Manon, who believes him dead. Now he must try to keep her from being abducted into a life of prostitution and keeping his true identity a secret.

Cast

Victor McLaglen as Jacques Costaud Helen Mack as Manon Costaud William Bakewell as Paul Renoir Jack La Rue as Julot Rita La Roy as Fifi Maurice Black as Roca Dot Farley as the Concierge Lucille La Verne as Mme. Golden Bonnet Paul Porcasi as Kapas Edward Dillon as the Concierge's husband Arthur Stone as Mouche Martin J. Faust as Apache

References

External links While Paris Sleeps (1932 film) at the Internet Movie Database While Paris Sleeps (1932 film) at Turner Classic Movies