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{{short description|1935 film by Robert Florey}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = The Florentine Dagger
| image          = The Florentine Dagger Poster.jpg
| caption        = theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Robert Florey]]
| producer       = 
| based_on       = ''The Florentine Dagger'' (1923 novel) by [[Ben Hecht]]
| screenplay     = [[Tom Reed]]
| writer         = [[Brown Holmes]] ''(add'l dialogue)''
| starring       = [[Donald Woods]]<br>[[Margaret Lindsay]]
| music          = [[Bernhard Kaun]]
| cinematography = [[Arthur L. Todd]]
| editing        = [[Thomas Pratt]]
| studio         = [[Warner Bros.]]
| distributor    = Warner Bros.
| released       = {{Film date|1935|03|30|U.S.}}
| runtime        = 69 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $130,000<ref name="warners">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</ref>
| gross          = $260,000<ref name="warners"/>
}}

'''''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.<ref name=tcmart>Smith, Richard Harland. [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75209/The-Florentine-Dagger/articles.html "The Florentine Dagger (1935)"] [[TCM.com]]</ref>

==Plot==
Juan Cesare is a descendant of the [[Borgia Family|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 [[Florence|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.<ref name="warners"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{AFI film|4110}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0026369}}
* {{tcmdb title|75209}}

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