Released:
1933-02-18

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.

Director:
Julien Duvivier

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Crime, Mystery, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Harry Baur
  as
  Commissaire Jules Maigret
• 
  Valéry Inkijinoff
  as
  Radek
• 
  Alexandre Rignault
  as
  Joseph Heurtin
• 
  Gaston Jacquet
  as
  Willy Ferrière
• 
  Gina Manès
  as
  Edna Reichberg