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Plot

The French-made Inspector Maigret offers one of the best-ever Maigrets in the form of veteran tough guy Jean Gabin, who played the character three times throughout the 1950s. In Maigret Sets a Trap, the inspector tackles the case of a psychopathic serial killer. The female victims have all been stripped and stabbed but none of the women was raped. Putting two and two together, Maigret determines that the killer was motivated by rage and frustration rather than sex. Maigret Sets a Trap avoids sensationalism in favor of slow-building suspense. Originally released in the U.S. as Inspector Maigret, the movie was retitled Woman-Bait.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
110min.
Director(s):
Jean Delannoy
Starring:
Jean Gabin , Annie Girardot , Jean Desailly , Lucienne Bogaert , Oliver Hussenot
Themes:
Woman In Jeopardy,Serial Killers,Double Life,Unlikely Criminals,Mothers and Sons
Tone:
Atmospheric,Deliberate,Moody,Nostalgic,Nocturnal
Keywords:
France,clue,detective,inspection,investigation,killing,murder,police,police-inspector,private-detective,serial-killer,tracking [following],trapped,victim,wife,woman
Country of Origin:
France (01-29-1958),Italy (09-24-1958)
Language:
French