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Maigret Sees Red (1963)

Maigret Sees Red poster
Original title
Maigret voit rouge
Directed by
Gilles Grangier
Genre
crime film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
TP
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French police detective investigates a gang of American criminals operating in Paris. The story follows his methodical pursuit through the city's underworld.

atmosphericnoirishmoodymethodicalretrogrittysuspenseful

What happens

Maigret voit rouge (English: Maigret Sees Red) is a 1963 French-Italian crime film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Françoise Fabian and Roland Armontel. Based on the 1951 novel Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters by Georges Simenon, it is Gabin's third appearance as Belgian writer Georges Simenon's fictional detective Jules Maigret. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location across the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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