Charles Laughton
Inspector Jules Maigret
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The Man on the Eiffel Tower is a 1950 American Ansco Color film noir mystery film starring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, and Robert Hutton. Ultimately directed by Meredith, it is based on the 1931 novel La Tête d'un homme (A Man's Head) by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret.
- Le tête d'un homme, 1932 novelette, by Georges Simenon
The Man on the Eiffel Tower: Directed by Burgess Meredith, Irving Allen, Charles Laughton. With Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Robert Hutton. French police inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a rich Paris widow and ends up chasing the killer up the Eiffel Tower's girders.
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- 1950-02-04
- Mystery, Thriller
- 97
When the aunt of Edna Wallace (Jean Wallace) is murdered, Inspector Jules Maigret (Charles Laughton) is brought into the case. Initial suspicion is thrown on a knife sharpener (Burgess Meredith),...
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- Charles Laughton
- Burgess Meredith
- December 12, 1949
1.37 : 1. Film Length. 8,687ft. In Paris, a down and out medical student Johann Radek (Franchot Tone) is paid by Bill Kirby (Robert Hutton) to murder his wealthy aunt. A knife grinder (Burgess Meredith) is suspected, but Radek keeps taunting the police until they realize that he is the killer.
- Burgess Meredith, Mark Evans
- Charles Laughton
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In Paris, a down and out medical student Johann Radek (Franchot Tone) is paid by Bill Kirby (Robert Hutton) to murder his wealthy aunt. A knife grinder (Burgess Meredith) is suspected, but Radek keeps taunting the police until they realize that he is the killer.
