This Mad World

1930 film

  • April 12, 1930 (1930-04-12)
Running time
70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

This Mad World is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Basil Rathbone, Kay Johnson and Louise Dresser.

The film is based on a French play from 1922 called Terre inhumaine. During production, it was re-titled from Twelve Hours of Love to Inhuman Grounds then subsequently This Mad World.[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

References

  1. ^ "This Mad World". afi.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

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