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      Maigret Lays a Trap

      1958 1h 50m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 90% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings The police detective (Jean Gabin) investigates the knifing of four women in Paris. Read More Read Less

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      Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice The interior scenes fail to honor Simenon's whetted prose. Oct 18, 2017 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Jean Desailly appears as a hysterical cuckold, but the real treasure of the film is an impossibly young Annie Girardot as an incredibly unhappy housewife. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 27, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      paul d This police mystery builds slowly to its climax, and the payoff is worth waiting for even if the guilty party was given away earlier in the film, because Simenon has ways to keep us second-guessing what we see and hear. Jean Gabin is great, as usual, as Maigret, and the supporting cast is excellent. Noteworthy are the performances from Jean Desailly playing a complex and schizophrenic character, and Annie Girardot as his equally complex but introverted wife. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Jean Gabin gives a fine performance in the title role, but the film itself is overlong and talky. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis The police detective (Jean Gabin) investigates the knifing of four women in Paris.
      Director
      Jean Delannoy
      Screenwriter
      Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud, Michel Audiard, Jean Delannoy
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jan 20, 2009
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $7.6K
      Runtime
      1h 50m