I Have Killed

I Have Killed
Sessue Hayakawa and Denise Legeay in a film still.
Directed byRoger Lion
Written byFrances Guihan
Roger Lion
Produced byRichard-Pierre Bodin
StarringSessue Hayakawa
Huguette Duflos
Max Maxudian
CinematographyPaul Castanet
Segundo de Chomón
Maurice Desfassiaux
Production
company
Films Thyra
Distributed byProductions Jean de Merly
Wardour Films (UK)
Release date
  • 25 October 1924 (1924-10-25)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles

I Have Killed (French: J'ai tué!) is a 1924 French silent crime drama film directed by Roger Lion and starring Sessue Hayakawa, Huguette Duflos and Max Maxudian.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile-Bernard Donatien. It was released in the United Kingdom as Loyalty.

Cast

  • Sessue Hayakawa as Hideo - l'antiquaire japonais
  • Huguette Duflos as Huguette Dumontal
  • Max Maxudian as Le professeur Dumontal - un orientaliste
  • Maurice Sigrist as Gérard Dumontal
  • Pierre Daltour as Harry Verian - l'amant
  • Jules de Spoly as Comte Ricardo
  • Denise Legeay as La baronne de Calix
  • André Volbert as Commissaire
  • Maurice Luguet as Président des assises
  • Paulette Ray as Geneviève Irvin / Marcelle Irvin
  • Simone Mareuil as Une servante
  • Christian Dauvilliers
  • Julio de Romero
  • Joaquín Carrasco
  • Georges Deneubourg

References

  1. ^ Miyao p.262
  2. ^ Kennedy-Karpat p.153

Bibliography

  • Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.
  • Miyao, Daisuke . Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom. Duke University Press, 28 Mar 2007
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.