In the Name of the Law

In the Name of the Law

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 15, 1932

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Crime, Drama

User Score

67%

Original Title

Au nom de la loi

Production Companies

Pathé-Natan

Director

Maurice Tourneur

Description

The story is about a drug ring and the finally successful efforts of the Paris police to break it up. A young detective goes into a den in Paris' Chinatown, following a clue, and that is the last seen of him until his body is found floating in the Seine several days later. The only clue is a woman's glove. The dead man's friends on the force vow to avenge him, and receive information leading them to suspect one Sandra, a beautiful foreigner, played by the stunning Marcelle Chantal.