The Florentine Dagger
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.
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
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