A Man's Neck (film)
A Man's Neck (French: La tête d'un homme[1]) is a 1933 French crime film directed by Julien Duvivier[2] and starring Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Gaston Jacquet and Gina Manès.[1]It is an adaptation of the 1931 novel A Battle of Nerves by Georges Simenon, featuring the fictional detective Jules Maigret. It was the third film in cinema history to feature the Maigret character.[3] It was remade in 1950 as The Man on the Eiffel Tower.[3]
| A Man's Neck | |
|---|---|
 Harry Baur as Maigret | |
| Directed by | Julien Duvivier |
| Produced by | Charles Delac Marcel Vandal |
| Written by | Pierre Calmann Louis Delaprée Julien Duvivier Georges Simenon (novel) |
| Starring | Harry Baur Valéry Inkijinoff Alexandre Rignault |
| Music by | Jacques Belasco |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Edited by | Marthe Poncin |
Production company | Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date | 18 February 1933 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.
Cast
- Harry Baur as Commissaire Jules Maigret
- Valéry Inkijinoff as Radek
- Alexandre Rignault as Joseph Heurtin
- Gaston Jacquet as Willy Ferrière
- Louis Gauthier as Le juge
- Henri Échourin as Inspecteur Ménard
- Marcel Bourdel as Inspecteur Janvier
- Frédéric Munié as L'avocat
- Armand Numès as Le directeur de la police
- Charles Camus as L'hôtelier
- René Alexandre as Le chauffeur
- Gina Manès as Edna Reichberg
- Missia as La chanteuse des rues
- Oléo as La femme de chambre
- Line Noro as La fille
- Damia as La femme lasse
- Jérôme Goulven as Un témoin
- Jane Pierson as La cuisinière
- René Stern as Le gérard de l'Éden
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References
- Conway 2004, p. 155.
- Spicer 2010, p. 279.
- Hardy 1997, p. 216.
Bibliography
- Conway, Kelley (2004). Chanteuse in the City: The Realist Singer in French Film. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520240193.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Hardy, Phil (1997). The BFI Companion to Crime. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520215382.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Spicer, Andrew (2010). Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810873780.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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