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Night at the Crossroads (1932)

Night at the Crossroads poster
Original title
La Nuit du carrefour
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Inspector Maigret investigates a murder at a remote crossroads. The case pulls him into a web of secrets among the locals.

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What happens

Night at the Crossroads (French: La Nuit du carrefour) is a 1932 French crime film by Jean Renoir, based on the novel of the same title by Georges Simenon and starring Renoir's brother Pierre Renoir as Simenon's popular detective, Inspector Maigret. The French director Jacques Becker, then apprentice to Renoir, worked as assistant director and production manager on the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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