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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Harry BaurCommissaire Jules Maigret
Valéry InkijinoffRadek
Alexandre RignaultJoseph Heurtin
Gaston JacquetWilly Ferrière
Louis GauthierLe juge
Armand NumèsLe directeur de la police
Charles CamusL'hôtelier
René AlexandreLe chauffeurExplore the crew
- Director
- Julien Duvivier
- Writer
- Pierre Calmann
- Writer
- Louis Delaprée
- Writer
- Julien Duvivier
- Producer
- Charles Delac
- Producer
- Marcel Vandal
- Director of Photography
- Armand Thirard
- Editor
- Marthe Poncin