Maigret Sets a Trap (film)

1958 French film

29 January 1958 (1958-01-29)

Running time

119 minutesCountriesFrance
ItalyLanguageFrench

Maigret Sets a Trap (French: Maigret tend un piège) is a 1958 French-Italian crime film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot and Olivier Hussenot.^[1] It is an adaptation of the novel Maigret Sets a Trap by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his fictional detective Jules Maigret.

It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.

Plot

Maigret hunts a serial killer in Paris who stabs women in the evening streets and taunts the police with their failure to catch him.

Cast

Jean Gabin as Jules Maigret
Annie Girardot as Yvonne Maurin
Olivier Hussenot as Lagrume
Jeanne Boitel as Louise Maigret
Lucienne Bogaert as Mme Veuve Adèle Maurin
Jean Debucourt as Camille Guimard
Guy Decomble as Mazet
Paulette Dubost as Mauricette Barberot
Jacques Hilling as Le médecin légiste
Hubert de Lapparent as Le juge Coméliau
Jean Desailly as Marcel Maurin
Gérard Séty as Georges "Jojo" Vacher
Lino Ventura as Inspector Torrence
André Valmy as Inspector Lucas
Nadine Basile as L'assistante de police

Critical reception

In The New York Times, Bosley Crowther wrote, "If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of French writer Georges Simenon and his famous and fascinating Parisian detective, Inspector Maigret, you can't ask a better introduction to both...an exciting example of the author's sophisticated work and a beautifully clear and catchy portrait of the gumshoe, performed by Jean Gabin...This is a don't-miss picture for the mystery fans."^[2]

References

^ "MAIGRET TEND UN PIÈGE". BFI. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16.
^ Hoberman, J. (18 October 2017). "In 'Maigret Sets a Trap,' Pack Your Pipe and Track a Killer". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

External links

Maigret Sets a Trap at IMDb

Films directed by Jean Delannoy

Paris-Deauville (1934)
Tamara (1938)
Golden Venus (1938)
The Black Diamond (1941)
Fever (1942)
Gambling Hell (1942)
The Murderer Is Afraid at Night (1942)
Colonel Pontcarral (1942)
The Eternal Return (1943)
The Hunchback (1944)
Blind Desire (1945)
Pastoral Symphony (1946)
Les jeux sont faits (1947)
To the Eyes of Memory (1948)
The Secret of Mayerling (1949)
God Needs Men (1950)
Savage Triangle (1951)
The Moment of Truth (1952)
Napoleon Road (1953)
Daughters of Destiny (1954)
The Bed (1954)
Obsession (1954)
The Little Rebels (1955)
Marie Antoinette Queen of France (1956)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Guinguette (1959)
Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
La Princesse de Clèves (1961)
Rendezvous (1961)
Imperial Venus (1962)
Les amitiés particulières (1964)
The Majordomo (1965)
The Double Bed (1965)
The Sultans (1966)
Action Man (1967)
Children of Mata Hari (1970)
Not Dumb, the Bird (1972)
The Crime of Pierre Lacaze (1983)
The Enigmatic Mister S. (1987)
Bernadette (1988)
The Passion of Bernadette (1990)
Mary of Nazareth (1995)

v t e Films by Michel Audiard
Written and directed	Leontine (1968) A Golden Widow (1969) Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970) Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974)
Written only	Mission in Tangier (1949) Beware of Blondes (1950) Darling Caroline (1951) Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951) My Wife Is Formidable (1951) The Man in My Life (1952) Massacre in Lace (1952) She and Me (1952) The Long Teeth (1953) The Most Wanted Man (1953) The Three Musketeers (1953) April Fools' Day (1954) The Cheerful Squadron (1954) Love in a Hot Climate (1954) Quay of Blondes (1954) Gas-Oil (1955) Blood to the Head (1956) Mannequins of Paris (1956) Short Head (1956) Fugitive in Saigon (1957) Retour de manivelle (1957) Speaking of Murder (1957) Three Days to Live (1957) Le désordre et la nuit (1958) Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) Les Misérables (1958) The Possessors (1958) Archimède le clochard (1959) Babette Goes to War (1959) Eyes of Love (1959) Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) Rue des prairies (1959) Too Late to Love (1959) The Baron of the Locks (1960) Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) The Old Guard (1960) The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) Famous Love Affairs (1961) The Lions Are Loose (1961) The President (1961) Taxi for Tobruk (1961) The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962) Emile's Boat (1962) The Gentleman from Epsom (1962) A Monkey in Winter (1962) Any Number Can Win (1963) Carom Shots (1963) Les Tontons flingueurs (1963) The Trip to Biarritz (1963) La Chasse à l'homme (1964) The Great Spy Chase (1964) Greed in the Sun (1964) Salad by the Roots (1964) Une souris chez les hommes (1964) Les Bons Vivants (1965) Crime on a Summer Morning (1965) La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965) Tender Scoundrel (1966) All Mad About Him (1967) An Idiot in Paris (1967) Johnny Banco (1967) A Little Virtuous (1968) Pasha (1968) Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) Incorrigible (1975) Body of My Enemy (1976) The Big Operator (1976) Animal (1977) Death of a Corrupt Man (1977) Cop or Hood (1979) Les Égouts du paradis (1979) Le Guignolo (1980) Jupiter's Thigh (1980) Il lupo e l'agnello (1980) Garde à Vue (1981) The Professional (1981) Espion, lève-toi (1982) Deadly Circuit (1983) Le Marginal (1983) Dog Day (1984) Les Morfalous (1984) La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985) He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

Films by Michel Audiard

Written and directed

Leontine (1968)
A Golden Widow (1969)
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974)

Written only

Mission in Tangier (1949)
Beware of Blondes (1950)
Darling Caroline (1951)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
The Man in My Life (1952)
Massacre in Lace (1952)
She and Me (1952)
The Long Teeth (1953)
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
The Three Musketeers (1953)
April Fools' Day (1954)
The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
Quay of Blondes (1954)
Gas-Oil (1955)
Blood to the Head (1956)
Mannequins of Paris (1956)
Short Head (1956)
Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
Retour de manivelle (1957)
Speaking of Murder (1957)
Three Days to Live (1957)
Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Les Misérables (1958)
The Possessors (1958)
Archimède le clochard (1959)
Babette Goes to War (1959)
Eyes of Love (1959)
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
Rue des prairies (1959)
Too Late to Love (1959)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
The Old Guard (1960)
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
The President (1961)
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Emile's Boat (1962)
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Carom Shots (1963)
Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
The Great Spy Chase (1964)
Greed in the Sun (1964)
Salad by the Roots (1964)
Une souris chez les hommes (1964)
Les Bons Vivants (1965)
Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Tender Scoundrel (1966)
All Mad About Him (1967)
An Idiot in Paris (1967)
Johnny Banco (1967)
A Little Virtuous (1968)
Pasha (1968)
Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
Incorrigible (1975)
Body of My Enemy (1976)
The Big Operator (1976)
Animal (1977)
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
Le Guignolo (1980)
Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)
Garde à Vue (1981)
The Professional (1981)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
Le Marginal (1983)
Dog Day (1984)
Les Morfalous (1984)
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)
He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

v t e Georges Simenon's Maigret
Novels	The Strange Case of Peter the Lett The Crime at Lock 14 The Death of Monsieur Gallet The Crime of Inspector Maigret A Battle of Nerves Maigret and the Yellow Dog Maigret at the Crossroads Maigret in Holland The Sailors' Rendezvous Maigret at the Gai-Moulin Guinguette by the Seine The Shadow in the Courtyard Maigret Goes Home The Flemish Shop Death of a Harbour Master The Madman of Bergerac Liberty Bar The Lock at Charenton Maigret Returns Maigret and the Hotel Majestic Maigret in Exile Maigret and the Spinster To Any Lengths Maigret and the Toy Village Maigret's Rival Maigret in Retirement Maigret in New York A Summer Holiday Maigret's Dead Man Maigret's First Case My Friend Maigret Maigret and the Coroner Maigret and the Old Lady Madame Maigret's Own Case Maigret's Memoirs Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper Maigret Takes a Room Maigret and the Burglar's Wife Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters Maigret's Revolver Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard Maigret Afraid Maigret's Mistake Maigret Goes to School Inspector Maigret and the Dead Girl Maigret and the Minister Maigret and the Headless Corpse Maigret Sets a Trap Maigret's Failure Maigret's Little Joke Maigret and the Millionaires Maigret Has Scruples Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses Maigret Has Doubts Maigret in Court Maigret in Society Maigret and the Lazy Burglar Maigret and the Black Sheep Maigret and the Saturday Caller Maigret and the Dosser Maigret Loses His Temper Maigret and the Ghost Maigret on the Defensive The Patience of Maigret Maigret and the Nahour Case Maigret's Pickpocket Maigret in Vichy Maigret Hesitates Maigret's Boyhood Friend Maigret and the Killer Maigret and the Wine Merchant Maigret and the Mad Woman Maigret and the Loner Maigret and the Flea Maigret and Monsieur Charles
Short stories	The Barge with Two Hanging Bodies The Affair of the Boulevard Beaumarchais The Open Window Inspector Maigret Hesitates Jeumont, 51 Minutes' Wait! Inspector Maigret's War of Nerves Journey into Time Rue Pigalle The Stronger Vessel The Old Lady of Bayeux The Inn of the Drowned Stan the Killer At the Étoile du Nord Storm in the Channel Maigret and the Frightened Dressmaker Inspector Maigret and the Missing Miniatures The Unlikely M. Owen The Group at the Grand Café The Man on the Run Under the Hammer Death Threats Maigret's Pipe Not the Sort to Get Murdered Elusive Witness The Most Obstinate Man in Paris Maigret and the Surly Inspector Maigret's Christmas
Film adaptations	Night at the Crossroads (1932) The Yellow Dog (1932) A Man's Neck (1933) Picpus (1943) Cecile Is Dead (1944) Majestic Hotel Cellars (1945) The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950) Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) Maigret Sees Red (1963) Maigret and His Greatest Case (1966) Maigret (2022)
Television adaptations	1960 TV series Italian TV series 1988 TV film 1991 TV series 1992 TV series 2016 TV series