This Mad World
Directed by	William C. deMille
Written by	Clara Beranger François de Curel (play)
Starring	Kay Johnson Basil Rathbone Louise Dresser
Cinematography	Peveerell Marley Hal Rosson
Edited by	Anne Bauchens
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	April 12, 1930
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.^[1]

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