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12/12/1949 Thriller 1h 37m
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PARIS... GAY, ALLURING... MASKING A STRANGE ADVENTURE!

Overview

A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man.

  1. Burgess Meredith

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Charles Laughton

    Inspector Jules Maigret

  2. Franchot Tone

    Johann Radek

  3. Burgess Meredith

    Joseph Heurtin

  4. Robert Hutton

    Bill Kirby

  5. Jean Wallace

    Edna Wallace

  6. Patricia Roc

    Helen Kirby

  7. Belita

    Gisella Heurtin

  8. George Thorpe

    Comelieu

  9. William Phipps

    Janvier

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-09
It's unfortunate that the "Ansco" colour film used on this 1949 adaptation of Georges Simenon's novel "A Battle of Nerves" has made much of this rather dreary crime caper feel as if you are watching it through yellow cellophane. Despite Charles Laughton being quite decent in the role of the famous detective "Maigret" trying to track down a murderer and an extortionist, the thing just bumbles along for far too long peppered with far too many protracted establishing shots and way too much score. Director and co-star Burgess Meredith has lost much of his sense of objectivity or proportion as the ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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