This Mad World is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Basil Rathbone, Kay Johnson and Louise Dresser.
The film is based on a French play from 1922 called Terre inhumaine. During production, it was re-titled from Twelve Hours of Love to Inhuman Grounds then subsequently This Mad World.
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Plot
In 1938, a French spy goes home and finds an evil German officer killed his family. He then return to his spying carrier to take revenge.
Cast
Kay Johnson as Victoria
Basil Rathbone as Paul Parisot
Louise Dresser as Pauline Parisot - Paul's Mother
Veda Buckland as Anna
Louis Natheaux as Emile
Wilhelm von Brincken as Victoria's husband - the General