A dead countess, a cryptic letter, and Gabin's world-weary eyes — village noir at its finest.
Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.
Acting
Gabin's silences speak entire monologues.
Direction
Delannoy frames the estate like a funeral portrait.
Cinematography
Misty châteaux and candlelit confessionals — pure French noir.
Director
Jean Delannoy
Jean Gabin
Commissioner Jules Maigret
Michel Auclair
Maurice de Saint-Fiacre
Valentine Tessier
Countess de Saint-Fiacre
Jacques Morel
Attorney-at-law Mauléon
Michel Vitold
Father Jodet
Paul Frankeur
Doctor Bouchardon
Robert Hirsch
Lucien Sabatier
Gabrielle Fontan
Marie Tatin
Jean-Pierre Granval
The Journalist
Camille Guérini
Gautier
Jacques Hilling
Waiter
Micheline Luccioni
Arlette
Jacques Marin
Albert
Armande Navarre
Myriam
Marcel Pérès
Sacristan
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