Maigret a Pigalle

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Maigret a Pigalle
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Directed by Mario Landi
Written by Sergio Amidei
Mario Landi
Pierre Kalfon
Story by Georges Simenon
Starring Gino Cervi
Cinematography Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Music by Armando Trovajoli
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)

Maigret a Pigalle (Maigret in Pigalle) is a 1966 Italian crime film directed by Mario Landi. It is based on the novel Maigret al Picratt's by Georges Simenon. [1] [2]

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One evening, Arlette, a stripper in a Paris nightclub called the "Picrate" in Pigalle, walks into a police station to inform Inspector Lognon of a crime. She overheard two strangers planning to assassinate an old countess in order to rob her of her gold. Nobody gives her any consideration, but in the following hours, the bodies of Arlette and the noblewoman are found; both died by strangulation. Inspector Maigret is about to depart for his annual leave, but he decides to stay in town to help his colleague Lognon in the investigations.

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References

  1. Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN   8884405033.
  2. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.