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1958 French film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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 |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | French |
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.
Maigret hunts a serial killer in Paris who stabs women in the evening streets and taunts the police with their failure to catch him.
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]
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