Bach the Detective (French: Bach détective) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by René Pujol and starring Bach, Ginette Leclerc and Paul Bernard. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Duquesne.
Synopsis
Narcisse works as a doorman for a firm of jewellers, but dreams of becoming a private detective. Het gets his break when he is employed by a detective agency and is able to clear the nephew of his former boss who has been wrongly accused of theft.
Cast
Bach as Narcisse
Paul Bernard as André
Monique Bert as Mag
Ginette Gaubert as Olga Worskaïa
Louis Florencie as Baudry
Armand Lurville as Lesueur
Jacques Dumesnil as Stefani
Ginette Leclerc as Zita
Georges Prieur as Durandel
Georges Morton as Olive
Edmond Castel as M. Estrade
Simone d'Arche as Dora
Jules Moy as L'usurier
Alexandre Mihalesco as L'extra
Andrée Champeaux as L'amie du baron
Rachel Devirys as La maîtresse de maison
Yvonne Yma as Madame Estrade
Georges Tréville as Le baron
Jean Brochard as Le voyageur indisposé
Ky Duyen as Le complice de Stefani
Myno Burney as Vendeuse de la bijouterie
Gabriel Farguette as Le fils de l'aubergiste
René Novan as Tony
Marcel Loche as Le domestique de Dora
Albert Brouett as Un élève chez Lesueur
Albert Broquin as Le distributeur de prospectus
Paul Demange as M. Dubois
Albert Malbert as Le gendarme
Léon Larive as L'aubergiste
References
Bibliography
Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.