''Maigret voit rouge'' (English: ''Maigret Sees Red'') is a 1963
French-
Italian
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crime film
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directed by
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film '' Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin In ...
and starring
Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), ''La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ( ...
,
Françoise Fabian
Michèle Cortes (born 10 May 1933), known professionally as Françoise Fabian (), is a French film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1956. In 1971, Fabian signed the Manifesto of the 343
The Manifesto of the 343 (), was a F ...
and
Roland Armontel
Roland Armontel (21 December 1901 – 15 March 1980) was a French actor.
Born Auguste Louis Magnin in Vimoutiers, Orne, France, he died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932)
* ''Let's Touch Wood'' (1933)
* ''Les Mis ...
. Based on the 1951 novel ''
Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters
''Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters'' (French: ''Maigret, Lognon et les gangsters'') is a 1951 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring the Paris police officer Jules Maigret. Simenon wrote it while living in Lakeville, ...
'' by
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, and was the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Early life and education ...
, it is Gabin's third appearance as
Belgian
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writer
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, and was the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Early life and education ...
's fictional detective
Jules Maigret
Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created b ...
.
It was shot at the
Billancourt Studios
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in
Paris
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and
on location across the city. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Jacques Colombier.
Synopsis
A man is run down and injured by a car near the
Gare du Nord
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. However, by the time the police arrive on the scene the victim has disappeared.
Cast
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Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), ''La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ( ...
as Jules Maigret
*
Françoise Fabian
Michèle Cortes (born 10 May 1933), known professionally as Françoise Fabian (), is a French film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1956. In 1971, Fabian signed the Manifesto of the 343
The Manifesto of the 343 (), was a F ...
as Lily
*
Roland Armontel
Roland Armontel (21 December 1901 – 15 March 1980) was a French actor.
Born Auguste Louis Magnin in Vimoutiers, Orne, France, he died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932)
* ''Let's Touch Wood'' (1933)
* ''Les Mis ...
as Le docteur Fezin
*
Paul Frankeur
Paul Frankeur (29 June 1905 - 27 October 1974) was a French actor who appeared in films by Jacques Tati (''Jour de fête'') and Luis Buñuel (''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' and ''The Phantom of Liberty''). He was sometimes credited a ...
as Bonfils
*
Paul Carpenter as Harry McDonald
* Edward Meeks as Bill Larner
* Ricky Cooper as Charlie
*
Michel Constantin
Michel Constantin (born Constantin Hokhloff, 13 July 1924 – 29 August 2003) was a French film actor.
Biography
Born to a Russian father and a Polish mother in Billancourt (near Paris), Constantin made his first film appearance in 1956. ...
as Cicero
*
Roger Dutoit
Roger Dutoit (8 February 1923 – 3 May 1988) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1955 to 1982.
Filmography
References
External links
*
1923 births
1988 deaths
People from Calais
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as Bidoine
* Carlo Nell as Le garçon du 'Manhattan'
*
Charles Bouillaud
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Selected filmography
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1904 births
1965 deaths
French male stage actors
French male film actors
French male television actors
20th-century French male ...
as Le pharmacien Dullac
* André Dalibert as Un inspecteur
*
Harry-Max as Curtis
* Jean-Louis Le Goff as Un inspecteur
*
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*Paulette (tax)
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as La patronne de l'hôtel
*
Laurence Badie
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References
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1934 births
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as Lucienne
*
Jacques Dynam
Jacques Dynam (30 December 1923 – 12 November 2004) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1942 and 2004, among which the ''Fantomas'' saga.
Selected filmography
* ''La symphonie fantastique'' (1942) - (uncre ...
as Un inspecteur
*
Marcel Bozzuffi
Marcel Bozzuffi (28 October 19291 February 1988) was a French film actor. He appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film '' The French Connection''. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian.
Selected filmography
*1955: ...
as Torrence
*
Guy Decomble as Lognon
*
Vittorio Sanipoli
Vittorio Sanipoli (1915–1992) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in around a hundred films and television series between 1942 and 1980.
Life and career
Born Luciano Sanipoli in Genoa, he made his acting debut in 1939 ...
as Pozzo
References
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1963 crime films
1963 films
French crime films
1960s French-language films
Maigret films
Films set in Paris
Films shot in Paris
Films shot at Billancourt Studios
Italian crime films
Police detective films
1960s police procedural films
Films directed by Gilles Grangier
Titanus films
1960s French films
1960s Italian films
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