Burgess "The Penguin" Meredith directed or partially directed this murder mystery set in Paris, filmed in 1950. This is a Columbo like murder mystery, where the viewer knows who did it, and the actual mystery is how the police will get "the goods" on him.
Charles Laughton plays Inspector Maigret the police inspector who spends most of the movie outwitting the master criminal. This is an average movie at best, filmed on location in Paris with lots of location work all over the city. Laughton's a pro when it comes to acting and the final chase on the Eiffel Tower is exciting with people actually crawling around the structure.
The movie is available on public domain websites for viewing. The prints are pretty poor, and it was filmed in some sort of weird color process called Ansco which gives it a strange look.
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