PY 899, (Henry de Monfreid sings sea shanties, and plays piano) In popular culture In The Adventures of Tintin comic Cigars of the Pharaoh, the hero and his dog are cast adrift in sarcophagi in the Red Sea. They are then picked up by a passing sailing ship captained by a man who turns out to be a gunrunner. The captain was based on de Monfreid. Film: Les Secrets de la mer Rouge (1937) Television series: Les Secrets de la mer Rouge (1968–1975) References External links Official website Review of Hashish Reference to Museum at house in Ingrandes 1879 births 1974 deaths People from Aude 20th-century French novelists French fascists Converts to Islam French male novelists French cannabis traffickers 20th-century French male writers