The Southern Trail

The Southern Trail — Plot

As Hélène is conveying her husband's body across the Sahara, her convoy is attacked by looters. The young widow survives only to be taken to a remote desert village called Tirzit amidst a band of lonely, ailing men. She meets her husband's partner who tries to kill her. Hélène does not report him to the police but is curious to learn the reasons for his action. Before dying of a terrible fever, the man confesses that he murdered her husband.

• Release date
• September 7, 1938
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Adventure
• Director
• Pierre Billon

The Southern Trail — Cast

Ketti Gallian Hélène Marchand Albert Préjean Lieutenant Naud Pierre Renoir Stolberg Jean-Louis Barrault Olcott René Lefèvre L'instituteur Saillant André Fouché Sous-lieutenant Beaumont Arthur Devère Gingembre Jacques Baumer Gomez