Summary
A man is shot dead in the centre of Paris and the witness to the murder finds himself
the next target in a vendetta between American gangsters. Inspector Maigret is charged
with protecting the witness and resolving the mystery of the killing....
Review
Jean
Gabin plays Georges Simenon’s famous
detective Maigret for the third and final time in this routine crime
drama. Director Gilles Grangier is far
less
successful in capturing the distinctive oppressive mood of the Simenon
novels than
Jean Delannoy, who directed Gabin’s earlier two Maigret outings: Maigret tend
un piège (1958) and Maigret et l’affaire Saint-Fiacre
(1959). However, there are a few nocturnal
location
sequences which manage to evoke classic film noir very effectively,
although
ultimately it is the lacklustre screenplay and dull characterisation
that let
the film down.
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Credits
- Director: Gilles Grangier
- Script: Gilles Grangier, Jacques Robert, Georges Simenon (novel)
- Photo: Louis Page
- Music: Michel Legrand, Francis Lemarque
- Cast: Jean Gabin (Commissaire Jules Maigret), Françoise Fabian (Lily), Roland Armontel (Docteur Fezin), Paul Frankeur (Bonfils), Paul Carpenter (Harry Mc Donald), Edward Meeks (Bill Larner), Ricky Cooper (Charlie), Michel Constantin (Cicero), Roger Dutoit (Bidoine), Harry-Max (Curtis), Paulette Dubost (La patronne de l’hôtel), Laurence Badie (Lucienne)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 87 min; B&W
- Aka: Maigret Sees Red
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