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A Man's Neck (1933)
Directed by Julien Duvivier
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.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Harry Baur | Valéry Inkijinoff | Alexandre Rignault | Gaston Jacquet | Gina Manès | Louis Gauthier | Henri Echourin | Marcel Bourdel | Frédéric Munié | Armand Numès | Charles Camus | René Alexandre | Missia | Damia | Oléo | Line Noro | Jane Pierson