This Mad World
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| Directed by | William C. deMille |
| Written by | François de Curel (play) |
| Starring | Kay Johnson Basil Rathbone Louise Dresser |
| Cinematography | Peveerell Marley Hal Rosson |
| Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | April 12, 1930 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
This Mad World is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by William C. deMille and starring Basil Rathbone, Kay Johnson and Louise Dresser. A drama, it sees a French spy return home to German-occupied France during World War I to find a German general living in his house.[1]
Plot
In 1938, a French spy goes home and finds an evil German officer killed his family. He then return to his spying carrier to take revenge.
Cast
- Kay Johnson as Victoria
- Basil Rathbone as Paul Parisot
- Louise Dresser as Pauline Parisot - Paul's Mother
- Veda Buckland as Anna
- Louis Natheaux as Emile
- Wilhelm von Brincken as Victoria's husband - the General