The Florentine Dagger

{{short description|1935 film by Robert Florey}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Florentine Dagger | image = The Florentine Dagger poster.png | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Robert Florey]] | producer = | based_on = ''The Florentine Dagger'' (1923 novel) by [[Ben Hecht]] | screenplay = [[Tom Reed (screenwriter)|Tom Reed]] | writer = [[Brown Holmes]] ''(add'l dialogue)'' | starring = [[Donald Woods (actor)|Donald Woods]]<br>[[Margaret Lindsay]] | music = [[Bernhard Kaun]] | cinematography = [[Arthur L. Todd]] | editing = [[Thomas Pratt (film editor)|Thomas Pratt]] | studio = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] | distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures | released = {{Film date|1935|03|30|U.S.}} | runtime = 69 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $130,000<ref name="warners">Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 16 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551</ref> | gross = $260,000<ref name="warners"/> }}

'''''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.<ref name=tcmart>Smith, Richard Harland. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111226213242/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75209/The-Florentine-Dagger/#articles-reviews "The Florentine Dagger (1935)"] [[TCM.com]]</ref>

==Plot== Juan Cesare is a descendant of the [[Borgia Family|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 [[Florence|Florentine]] dagger.

==Cast== * [[Donald Woods (actor)|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

==Box Office== According to Warner Bros records the film earned $185,000 domestically and $75,000 foreign.<ref name="warners"/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{AFI film|4110}} * {{IMDb title|0026369}} * {{TCMDb title|75209}}

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