Maigret Sets a Trap | |
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Directed by | Jean Delannoy |
Written by | Jean Delannoy Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud Michel Audiard |
Based on | Maigret Sets a Trap by Georges Simenon |
Produced by | Jean-Paul Guibert |
Starring | Jean Gabin Annie Girardot Olivier Hussenot Jeanne Boitel |
Cinematography | Louis Page |
Edited by | Henri Taverna |
Music by | Paul Misraki |
Production companies | Intermondia Films Jolly Film |
Distributed by | Rank |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | French |
Maigret Sets a Trap (French: Maigret tend un piège) is a 1958 French-Italian crime film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot and Olivier Hussenot.[1] It is an adaptation of the novel Maigret Sets a Trap by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his fictional detective Jules Maigret.
It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.
Plot
Maigret hunts a serial killer in Paris who stabs women in the evening streets and taunts the police with their failure to catch him.
Cast
- Jean Gabin as Jules Maigret
- Annie Girardot as Yvonne Maurin
- Olivier Hussenot as Lagrume
- Jeanne Boitel as Louise Maigret
- Lucienne Bogaert as Mme Veuve Adèle Maurin
- Jean Debucourt as Camille Guimard
- Guy Decomble as Mazet
- Paulette Dubost as Mauricette Barberot
- Jacques Hilling as Le médecin légiste
- Hubert de Lapparent as Le juge Coméliau
- Jean Desailly as Marcel Maurin
- Gérard Séty as Georges "Jojo" Vacher
- Lino Ventura as Inspector Torrence
- André Valmy as Inspector Lucas
- Nadine Basile as L'assistante de police
Critical reception
In The New York Times, Bosley Crowther wrote, "If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of French writer Georges Simenon and his famous and fascinating Parisian detective, Inspector Maigret, you can't ask a better introduction to both...an exciting example of the author's sophisticated work and a beautifully clear and catchy portrait of the gumshoe, performed by Jean Gabin...This is a don't-miss picture for the mystery fans."[2]
References
- ^ "MAIGRET TEND UN PIÈGE". BFI. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16.
- ^ Hoberman, J. (18 October 2017). "In 'Maigret Sets a Trap,' Pack Your Pipe and Track a Killer". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
External links
- 1958 films
- 1958 crime films
- French crime films
- French detective films
- 1950s French-language films
- Jules Maigret films
- Films directed by Jean Delannoy
- Films set in Paris
- Films shot in Paris
- Films shot at Epinay Studios
- Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard
- Italian crime films
- Police detective films
- 1950s police procedural films
- 1950s French films
- 1950s Italian films
- Films scored by Paul Misraki
- 1950s French film stubs
- 1950s Italian film stubs