

A Man's Neck
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Overview
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1933-02-18
Runtime:
1h 30m
Director:
Julien Duvivier
Writer:
Louis Delaprée, Pierre Calmann, Julien Duvivier
Top Cast

Harry Baur
Commissaire Jules Maigret

Valéry Inkijinoff
Radek

Alexandre Rignault
Joseph Heurtin

Gaston Jacquet
Willy Ferrière

Gina Manès
Edna Reichberg

Louis Gauthier
Le juge

Henri Échourin
Inspecteur Ménard

Marcel Bourdel
Inspecteur Janvier

Frédéric Munié
L'avocat

Armand Numès
Le directeur de la police

Charles Camus
L'hôtelier

René Alexandre
Le chauffeur
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