The Southern Trail (1938)
La Piste du Sud
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.
- Date of release
- 1938-09-07
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- Pierre Billon
Casting
- Ketti Gallian — Hélène Marchand
- Albert Préjean — Lieutenant Naud
- Pierre Renoir — Stolberg
- Jean-Louis Barrault — Olcott
- René Lefèvre — L'instituteur Saillant
- André Fouché — Sous-lieutenant Beaumont
- Arthur Devère — Gingembre
- Jacques Baumer — Gomez
- Jean Brochard — Adjudant Soulier
- Geymond Vital — Braun
- Jean Témerson — Chailloux
- Charles Lemontier — Le sergent Horn
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