A Man's Head

The read

It runs a compact 1h 30m.

Synopsis

Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke. One day, he says out of loud in a a Montparnasse café that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt so he could claim his inheritance. Someone secretly lets Willy know it's a deal. The old lady is murdered, and a low-life criminal is manipulated to be the perfect suspect. But Superintendant Maigret feels something is wrong.

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Key crew

• Julien DuvivierDirector
• Julien DuvivierWriter
• Pierre CalmannWriter
• Louis DelapréeWriter

Cast

• Harry BaurCommissaire Jules Maigret
• Valéry InkijinoffRadek
• Alexandre RignaultJoseph Heurtin
• Gaston JacquetWilly Ferrière
• Gina ManèsEdna Reichberg
• Louis GauthierLe juge
• Henri ÉchourinInspecteur Ménard
• Marcel BourdelInspecteur Janvier
• Frédéric MuniéL'avocat
• Armand NumèsLe directeur de la police
• Charles CamusL'hôtelier
• René AlexandreLe chauffeur

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