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Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre
1959 Crime / Thriller
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Credits
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Director: Jean Delannoy
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Script: Jean Delannoy, Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud, Michel Audiard, based on a novel by Georges Simenon
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Photo: Louis Page
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Music: Jean Prodromidès
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Cast: Jean Gabin (Le commissaire Jules Maigret),
Michel Auclair (Maurice de Saint-Fiacre),
Valentine Tessier (La comtesse de Saint-Fiacre),
Jacques Morel (Maître Mauléon),
Michel Vitold (L'abbé Jodet),
Gabrielle Fontan (Marie Tatin,
l'épicière),
Jean-Pierre Granval (Le journaliste),
Camille Guérini (Gaulthier),
Micheline Luccioni (Arlette),
Jacques Marin (Albert),
Amarande (Myriam),
Marcel Pérès (Le sacristain),
Serge Rousseau (Émile Gaulthier),
Hélène Tossy (Mme Gaulthier),
Paul Frankeur (Le docteur Bouchardon),
Robert Hirsch (Lucien Sabatier)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 101 min; B&W
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Aka: Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
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Summary
Inspector Maigret returns to his home town and is reminiscing over his past when he receives
a call for help from the Duchess of Saint-Fiacre. She has just received an anonymous
letter informing her that she will soon die. A short while later she does indeed
die, from a heart attack. Convinced that she was murdered, Maigret begins his investigation...
Review
Jean Gabin reprises the role of Inspector Maigret for the second time in what is one of
the best film outings for Georges Simeon’s famous detective hero. The self-assured
and efficient direction comes from Jean Delannoy, one of the pillars of quality cinema
of the 1940s and 1950s, who, at the time, was being vilified by the hot-headed young critics
of the Cahiers du cinéma. Whilst not Delannoy’s best film, Maigret
et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre is a fine example of the detective thriller genre, benefiting
from talent on both the acting and writing side.
© James Travers 2002
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