The Southern Trail
La Piste du Sud
Release: 1938-09-07
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 5.0
Adventure
As Hélène is conveying her husband's body across the Sahara, her convoy is attacked by looters. The young widow survives only to be taken to a remote desert village called Tirzit amidst a band of lonely, ailing men. She meets her husband's partner who tries to kill her. Hélène does not report him to the police but is curious to learn the reasons for his action. Before dying of a terrible fever, the man confesses that he murdered her husband.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Général Productions
Cast
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Olcott
René Lefèvre
as L'instituteur Saillant
Arthur Devère
as Gingembre
Jean Témerson
as Chailloux
Albert Préjean
as Lieutenant Naud
Charles Lemontier
as Le sergent Horn
Rodolphe Marcilly
as (uncredited)
Ketti Gallian
as Hélène Marchand
Jacques Baumer
as Gomez
Jean Brochard
as Adjudant Soulier
Pierre Renoir
as Stolberg
Geymond Vital
as Braun
Marcel Melrac
as Doholu
Jany Holt
as (uncredited)
