Picpus
Classic French Cinema
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1h 31m
Directed by Richard Pottier • Mystery • 1943 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Albert Préjean, Juliette Faber, Jean Tissier
With trademark hat and pipe, Albert Préjean stars as the venerable Inspector Maigret in this first-rate Georges Simenon adaptation from the 1940s. Whilst moving into her new Paris apartment, Madame Dumont discovers a dead body in her wardrobe. Soon more corpses pile up near the metro station Picpus and the eponymous street. Maigret is summoned to investigate in this thrilling whodunit.
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