The Man on the Eiffel Tower
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| Directed by | Burgess Meredith Irving Allen (uncredited) Charles Laughton (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Irving Allen Franchot Tone |
| Written by | Harry Brown (screenplay) Georges Simenon (novel A Battle of Nerves) |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Michel Michelet |
| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
| Editing by | Louis Sackin |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 12 December 1949 |
| Running time | 97 minutes 87 minutes (American DVD version) |
| Country | USA, France |
| Language | English, French |
The Man on the Eiffel Tower is a 1949 American mystery film directed by Burgess Meredith and starring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Meredith, and Robert Hutton. 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.[1][2] The film was co-produced by Tone and Allen as T&A Film Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
The film is also known as L'homme de la tour Eiffel in France.
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Plot summary[edit]
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. The police and Maigret (Charles Laughton) are led on chases through the streets and over the rooftops of Paris and finally up the girders of the Eiffel Tower.
Differences from novel[edit]
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Cast[edit]
- Charles Laughton as Inspector Jules Maigret
- Franchot Tone as Johann Radek
- Burgess Meredith as Joseph Heurtin
- Robert Hutton as Bill Kirby
- Jean Wallace as Edna Wallace
- Patricia Roc as Helen Kirby
- Belita as Gisella Heurtin
- George Thorpe as Comelieu
- William Phipps as Janvier
- William Cottrell as Moers
- Chaz Chase as Waiter
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Professor Grollet
Soundtrack[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041628/
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/31210/The-Man-on-the-Eiffel-Tower/overview
External links[edit]
- The Man on the Eiffel Tower at the Internet Movie Database
- The Man on the Eiffel Tower is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
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