Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)

Original title

Maigret tend un piège

Directed by

Jean Delannoy

Genre

crime film, mystery film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 122 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Detective Maigret sets a trap to catch a serial killer in Paris. He works with police and local citizens to draw out the murderer.

grittymethodicaltensenoirishsuspensefulatmosphericdeliberate

What happens

Maigret Sets a Trap (French: Maigret tend un piège) is a 1958 crime film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot and Olivier Hussenot. 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. It was the first of three Maigret films starring Gabin; followed by Maigret and the Saint-Faicre Case the following year and Maigret Sees Red in 1963. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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