This Mad World

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.

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