Harry Baur
Commissaire Jules Maigret
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A Man's Neck (French: La tête d'un homme) is a 1933 French crime film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Gaston Jacquet and Gina Manès. It is an adaptation of the 1931 novel A Battle of Nerves by Georges Simenon , featuring the fictional detective Jules Maigret .
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 ...
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- Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac
- Julien Duvivier
Feb 24, 2021 · La tête d’un homme, also known as either A Man’s Neck or A Man’s Head is a superb seedy crime story. Duvivier’s camera is constantly floating around—Murnau-like mobility (this is before Ophuls and Duvivier is a peer with Renoir) with Hitchcock’s keen focus on the details (Duvivier is telling you with the eyeline of the camera exactly what particulars of the crime he wants you to ...
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 ...
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 ...
1933; 1 hr 30 mins NR Watchlist; 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 ...
A Man's Neck (1933) full list of actors and actresses involved as well as directors, writers, producers, costumes, etc.
