While Paris Sleeps | |
Director: | Allan Dwan |
Starring: | Victor McLaglen Helen Mack Rita La Roy |
Music: | Arthur Kay |
Cinematography: | Glen MacWilliams |
Editing: | Jack Murray Paul Weatherwax |
Studio: | Fox Film Corporation |
Distributor: | Fox Film Corporation |
Runtime: | 67 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
While Paris Sleeps is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Victor McLaglen, Helen Mack and Rita La Roy.[1]
Jacques Costaud, a French war veteran is sentenced to life in prison for killing a man but soon escapes from a penal colony in French Guiana. He then flees to Paris to find his daughter Manon, who believes him dead. Now he must try to keep her from being abducted into a life of prostitution and keeping his true identity a secret.