| Chéri-Bibi | |
| Producer: | Charles Bauche |
| Based On: | Chéri-Bibi by Gaston Leroux |
| Starring: | Pierre Fresnay Jean-Pierre Aumont Marcel Dalio |
| Music: | Paul Misraki |
| Cinematography: | René Gaveau André Thomas |
| Editing: | Marguerite Beaugé |
| Studio: | Productions Charles Bauche |
| Distributor: | Compagnie Française Cinématographique |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
Chéri-Bibi is a 1938 French drama film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Pierre Fresnay, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Marcel Dalio.[1] [2] It was based on the Chéri-Bibi series of novels by Gaston Leroux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The character had previously appeared in the 1931 American film The Phantom of Paris and would return in a 1955 French film Chéri-Bibi and a 1974 television series of the same title.
Chéri-Bibi is sentenced to serve time in penal colony in South America, but plots a mutiny and an escape with his fellow prisoners.