A Man's Neck

6.1

90m

1933

U

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke. One day, he says out of loud in a a Montparnasse café that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt so he could claim his inheritance. Someone secretly lets Willy know it's a deal. The old lady is murdered, and a low-life criminal is manipulated to be the perfect suspect. But Superintendant Maigret feels something is wrong.

Starring

Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Alexandre Rignault, Gaston Jacquet, Gina Manès, Louis Gauthier, Henri Échourin, Marcel Bourdel, Frédéric Munié, Armand Numès

Directed By

Julien Duvivier