Maigret Sets a Trap Maigret tend un piège
Inspector Maigret tries to trap a killer and discovers why a happily married, wealthy, and talented man should want to murder women at night. Jean Gabin is fantastic as Georges Simenon's secure and steady sleuth, and old-hand Jean Delannoy expertly keeps up the pace and suspense in this enjoyable whodunnit.
Nominated for Best Film from Any Source and Best Foreign Actor (Jean Gabin and Jean Desailly) at the BAFTA Awards.
Running Time
119 mins
Year
1958
Kanopy ID
5694909
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Comments (12)
I think Gabin, the wonderful actor, outshines the story. Still, well paced & easy viewing.
Funny, well-paced, engaging.
Thoroughly enjoyable. Gabin, the great detective. Humble, gritty at times. The heat, the claustraphobia. The aching inability to release, and finally, well, it rains. Bravo!
Fantastic. Why this is not widely know and praised is beyond me. Jean Gabin is fantastic as always. Lino Ventura in a very small role is an added bonus.
Excellent! And enjoyable. True, not p.c. by today's standards, but well-acted, gorgeous and with some psychologically raw and racy scenes. More involving and entertaining than I expected. Jean Gabin's performance would hold up in a film today. And his Maigret's wiley interrogative technique ...Read more
Excellent! And enjoyable. True, not p.c. by today's standards, but well-acted, gorgeous and with some psychologically raw and racy scenes. More involving and entertaining than I expected. Jean Gabin's performance would hold up in a film today. And his Maigret's wiley interrogative technique surely suggests the template for the later Columbo. Annie Giradot exudes both cool and warmth and is stunning and sensual, while husband Jean Desailly as the chief suspect crafts a compelling and successful performance in the difficult role as a troubled, stilted and emotionally erratic soul.
Read lessTerrific Maigret. I've seen a more recent version of this same story with other actors, also quite good. However, Jean Gabin and Annie Girardot nail it. Superb!
The psychological subplot would be politically incorrect today. It implicates a husband for being "gay" a word that used to only mean "funloving" at the time. He was raised as a momma's boy and kept away from a masculanizing father figure, therefore he was "obviously" impotent and crazy, and ...Read more
The psychological subplot would be politically incorrect today. It implicates a husband for being "gay" a word that used to only mean "funloving" at the time. He was raised as a momma's boy and kept away from a masculanizing father figure, therefore he was "obviously" impotent and crazy, and that's what started all the trouble. Lots of talk about "being a man," implying he was effeminate because he was an "artist" and "sensitive," thus homosexual and infantile in contrast to a "real man" Maigret/Gabin, turning him into Jack the Ripper, stigmatizing artists as fairies. and it was all mom's fault. Gets him a trip to the funny farm. And the women are exploitive, manipulative and unfaithful - "sluts" or salopes as he calls them. So gay men are dangerous! It's awkward to watch, looking back 60 years, I can see these glib stereotypes easily in France or the US in the '50s. Things have really changed.
Read lessThanks, Charles. I thought I had clicked on the bottom but didn't see the CC icon. Perhaps I'll try again.
You should- absolutely! It may surprise you. (See my review above.)
I was looking forward to watching Maigret, especially with Gabin. However, the movie is in French without English subtitles. So I had to give up since I don't speak French. I looked for a way to turn on subtitle, but alas, found none.
You have to press "Play," then go to the lower right hand corner. Second icon in reads "CC"
Hover your cursor over that, and then double click "captions on." It was a really good movie!
A good Maigret. Both Jean Gabin (the shrewd inspector) and Jean Desailly (the impotent assassin) are impeccable in their roles.