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La Tête d'un homme
1933 Crime Drama
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Credits
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Director: Julien Duvivier
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Script: Pierre Calmann, Louis Delaprée, Julien Duvivier, based on a novel by Georges Simenon
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Photo: Armand Thirard
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Music: Jacques Dallin
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Cast: Harry Baur (Commissaire Maigret),
Valéry Inkijinoff (Radek),
Alexandre Rignault (Joseph Heurtin),
Gaston Jacquet (Willy Ferrière),
Louis Gauthier (le Juge),
Henri Echourin (Inspecteur Ménard),
Marcel Bourdel (Inspecteur Janvier),
Frédéric Munié (l'avocat),
Armand Numès (le directeur de la police),
Camus (l'hôtelier),
Line Noro (La fille),
Damia (la femme lasse)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 90 min; B&W
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Aka: A Man's Neck
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Summary
Inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a wealthy American woman. Before her
death, the victim’s nephew stated that he would offer 100 thousand francs to anyone who
would kill the woman, so that he could inherit her fortune. Someone has obviously
taken him at his word. But who? And was this meticulously planned murder carried
out merely for financial gain or for some other motive..?
Review
The great Harry Baur gives a top notch performance as what many consider to be the definitive
screen incarnation of Simenon’s fictional hero, Jules Maigret. Although Duvivier
is reputed to have disliked the policier genre, his film is, ironically, much nearer to
the spirit of Simonon’s novels than most. The suspense in this film lies not in
the crime itself, but in the way the redoubtable Maigret pieces together the psychology
of the man that perpetrated it. It is a moody, atmospheric work, having a curious
resonance with Dostoevsky’s classic novel Crime and Punishment.
© James Travers 2003
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