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: Pierre Calmann, Louis Delaprée, Julien Duvivier
Producer: Charles Delac, Marcel Vandal
Director of Photography: Armand Thirard
Top Cast
Harry Baur
Commissaire Jules Maigret
Valéry Inkijinoff
Radek
Alexandre Rignault
Joseph Heurtin
Gaston Jacquet
Willy Ferrière
Gina Manès
Edna Reichberg
Louis Gauthier
Le juge
Henri Échourin
Inspecteur Ménard
Marcel Bourdel
Inspecteur Janvier
