The Faceless Enemy (French: L'ennemi sans visage) is a 1946 French crime film directed by Robert-Paul Dagan and Maurice Cammage and starring Louise Carletti, Frank Villard and Jean Tissier.Hardy p.37 It was based on the novel of the same title by Stanislas-André Steeman.Goble p.440 It featured his long-running detective . The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Magniez.
Synopsis A professor needs to do experiments on a living body, and so he is assigned a condemned man. However soon the scientist is found dead and the convict has escaped. Inspector Wens takes over the case.
Cast Louise Carletti as Arlette Frank Villard as Inspecteur Wens / Inspector Wens Roger Karl as Le professeur Artus / Professor Artus Jean Tissier as Tiburce Artus Jean Témerson as Hector / Le valet / Hector - the butler Maurice Lagrenée as Clarence Jude André Fouché as Maxime Artus Jim Gérald as Ramshow Denyse Réal as L'infirmière Huguette Montréal as Andrée Eugène Yvernès as Le chauffeur Jean Berton as Le commissaire Paul Delauzac as Le docteur
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Hardy, Phil. The BFI Companion to Crime. A&C Black, 1997.
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