The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950)

Directed by

Burgess Meredith, Charles Laughton

Genre

crime film, mystery film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Inspector Maigret investigates a murder case that leads him to the Eiffel Tower and the streets of Paris. A man is searching for the killer while navigating the city's criminal underworld.

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What happens

The Man on the Eiffel Tower is a 1950 American Ansco Color film noir mystery film starring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, and Robert Hutton. Ultimately directed by Meredith, it is based on the 1931 novel La Tête d'un homme (A Man's Head) by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret. The film was co-produced by Tone and Irving Allen as A&T Film Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Much of the outdoor action occurs in familiar Paris locales, including the Eiffel Tower, the Seine, and Pigalle. The film is also known as L'homme de la tour Eiffel in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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