Maigret Sets a Trap (film)

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.

Maigret Sets a Trap
U.S. re-issue 1-sheet poster
Directed byJean Delannoy
Written byJean Delannoy
Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud
Michel Audiard
Based onMaigret Sets a Trap by Georges Simenon
Produced byJean-Paul Guibert
StarringJean Gabin
Annie Girardot
Olivier Hussenot
Jeanne Boitel
CinematographyLouis Page
Edited byHenri Taverna
Music byPaul Misraki
Production
companies
Intermondia Films
Jolly Film
Distributed byRank
Release date
  • 29 January 1958 (1958-01-29)
Running time
119 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

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.

Plot

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Maigret hunts a serial killer in Paris who stabs women in the evening streets and taunts the police with their failure to catch him.

Cast

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Critical reception

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "MAIGRET TEND UN PIÈGE". BFI. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16.
  2. ^ Hoberman, J. (18 October 2017). "In 'Maigret Sets a Trap,' Pack Your Pipe and Track a Killer". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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