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The Florentine Dagger is a 1935 American film noir mystery film directed by Robert Florey.

The film numbers among the first Hollywood movies in which psychoanalysis is a significant factor in the story.[2]

Plot[]

Juan Cesare is a descendant of the Borgia line and convinced that he has inherited their murderous tendencies. Suspicions deepen when the father of the girl he loves turns up stabbed to death with a Florentine dagger.

Cast[]

  • Donald Woods as Juan Cesare
  • Margaret Lindsay as Florence Ballau
  • C. Aubrey Smith as Dr. Lytton
  • Henry O'Neill as Victor Ballau
  • Robert Barrat as Inspector Von Brinkner
  • Florence Fair as Teresa Holspar
  • Frank Reicher as Stage Manager
  • Charles Judels as Hotel Proprietor
  • Rafaela Ottiano as Lili Salvatore
  • Paul Porcasi as Italian policeman
  • Eily Malyon as Fredericka, mask maker
  • Egon Brecher as Lytton's butler
  • Herman Bing as The baker
  • Henry Kolker as The auctioneer

Box Office[]

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $185,000 domestically and $75,000 foreign.[1]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 16 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. Smith, Richard Harland. "The Florentine Dagger (1935)" TCM.com


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