A Man's Neck

A Man's Neck

90 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Feb. 18, 1933

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.

A Man's Neck

90 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Feb. 18, 1933

A Man's Neck
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac
Original title La Tête d'un homme
Directors Gilbert de Kniff, Pierre Calmann, Julien Duvivier
Writers Louis Delaprée, Pierre Calmann, Julien Duvivier, Georges Simenon

Cast

Harry Baur

as Commissaire Jules Maigret

Alexandre Rignault

as Joseph Heurtin

Gaston Jacquet

as Willy Ferrière

Gina Manès

as Edna Reichberg

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

Missia

as La chanteuse des rues

Damia

as La femme lasse

Oléo

as La femme de chambre

Line Noro

as La fille

Jane Pierson

as La cuisinière