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The Yellow Dog (1932)

The Yellow Dog poster
Original title
Le chien jaune
Directed by
Jean Tarride
Genre
crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a small French town, a series of strange events and a yellow dog lead a detective to investigate a murder. The story follows the detective as he untangles the criminal web behind the incidents.

mysteriousnoirishatmosphericslow-burnintriguingrestrainedgritty

What happens

The Yellow Dog (French:Le Chien jaune) is a 1932 French crime film directed by Jean Tarride and starring Abel Tarride, Rosine Deréan and Rolla Norman. It is an adaptation of the novel Maigret and the Yellow Dog by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. Abel Tarride was the director's father. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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