The Crazy Ray

Paris Qui Dort (literally "Paris which sleeps") is a 1924 French science fiction comedy silent feature film (65 minutes) directed by René Clair. Also released as Le rayon de la mort (55 minutes), its international English-language titles were The Crazy Ray and Paris Asleep (usually 55 minutes). It has also been released in the USA as a 35 minute short subject called At 3:25. by Red Seal Pictures. Plot summary The film is about a mad doctor who uses a magic ray on citizens which causes them to freeze in strange and often embarrassing positions. People who are unaffected by the ray begin to loot Paris. Cast Henri Rollan as Albert Charles Martinelli as The scientist Louis Pré Fils as the detective Albert Préjean as The pilot Madeleine Rodrigue as Hesta, the airline passenger Myla Seller as The niece / daughter of the scientist Antoine Stacquet as The rich man Marcel Vallée as the thief Home media The film is available on the Region 1 Criterion DVD release of another Clair film, Under the Roofs of Paris (1930). It is also available for free at the Internet Archive.