A Man's Neck (film)
| A Man's Neck | |
|---|---|
 Harry Baur as Maigret | |
| Directed by | Julien Duvivier |
| Written by | Pierre Calmann Louis Delaprée Julien Duvivier Georges Simenon (novel) |
| Produced by | Charles Delac Marcel Vandal |
| Starring | Harry Baur Valéry Inkijinoff Alexandre Rignault |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Edited by | Marthe Poncin |
| Music by | Jacques Belasco |
Production company | Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date | 18 February 1933 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
A Man's Neck (French: La tête d'un homme) is a 1933 French crime film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff and Alexandre Rignault.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1931 novel A Battle of Nerves by Georges Simenon, featuring the fictional detective Jules Maigret. It was remade in 1950 as The Man on the Eiffel Tower.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.
Cast
- Harry Baur as Commissaire Jules Maigret
- Valéry Inkijinoff as Radek
- Alexandre Rignault as Joseph Heurtin
- Gaston Jacquet as Willy Ferrière
- Louis Gauthier as Le juge
- Henri Échourin as Inspecteur Ménard
- Marcel Bourdel as Inspecteur Janvier
- Frédéric Munié as L'avocat
- Armand Numès as Le directeur de la police
- Charles Camus as L'hôtelier
- René Alexandre as Le chauffeur
- Gina Manès as Edna Reichberg
- Missia as La chanteuse des rues
- Oléo as La femme de chambre
- Line Noro as La fille
- Damia as La femme lasse
- Jérôme Goulven as Un témoin
- Jane Pierson as La cuisinière
- René Stern as Le gérard de l'Éden
References
- ^ Spicer p.97
Bibliography
- Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links
- A Man's Neck at IMDb
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