A Man's Neck (1933)

02/18/1933 (FR) • 1h 30m

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Harry Baur

Commissaire Jules Maigret

Alexandre Rignault

Joseph Heurtin

Gaston Jacquet

Willy Ferrière

Gina Manès

Edna Reichberg

Henri Échourin

Inspecteur Ménard

Marcel Bourdel

Inspecteur Janvier


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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

inspector

aunt

murder

murder mystery

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