1933
6.2 (24 votes)
1h 30m
Genres
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Production Companies
Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac
A Man's Neck (La Tête d'un homme)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Julien Duvivier
Writer: Julien Duvivier, Pierre Calmann, Louis Delaprée
Producer: Marcel Vandal, Charles Delac
Director of Photography: Armand Thirard
