A Man's Head (1933)

6.1/10 • 90 min • 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.

Cast

Harry Baur

Commissaire Jules Maigret

Valéry Inkijinoff

Radek

Alexandre Rignault

Joseph Heurtin

Gaston Jacquet

Willy Ferrière

Louis Gauthier

Le juge

Armand Numès

Le directeur de la police

Charles Camus

L'hôtelier

René Alexandre

Le chauffeur

Damia

La femme lasse

Line Noro

La fille

Jane Pierson

La cuisinière

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