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Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre
1959 Crime / Thriller
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Director:
Jean Delannoy
Starring: Jean Gabin, Michel Auclair, Valentine Tessier, Jacques Morel, Michel Vitold |
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Summary
Inspector Maigret returns to his home town and is reminiscing over his past when he receives
a call for help from the Duchess of Saint-Fiacre. She has just received an anonymous
letter informing her that she will soon die. A short while later she does indeed
die, from a heart attack. Convinced that she was murdered, Maigret begins his investigation...
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Review
Jean Gabin reprises the role of Inspector Maigret for the second time in what is one of
the best film outings for Georges Simeon’s famous detective hero. The self-assured
and efficient direction comes from Jean Delannoy, one of the pillars of quality cinema
of the 1940s and 1950s, who, at the time, was being vilified by the hot-headed young critics
of the Cahiers du cinéma. Whilst not Delannoy’s best film, Maigret
et l’affaire Saint-Fiacre is a fine example of the detective thriller genre, benefiting
from talent on both the acting and writing side.
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