A very, um, stimulating finale on the Eiffel Tower, reminiscent of the climax of Saboteur. The most amazing thing to me is that they certainly used the real Eiffel Tower for some of the shots, meaning really amazing and heart-stopping stuntwork. Watching Radek cross one of the cross-beams, with the city of Paris evident below and no visible means of rescue should he misstep! Yowza.
Laughton is charming and perfect as Maigret, definitely the strongest performance of the lot; makes me wish he'd made more Maigret films. Tone is wooden and not at all believable; Meredith not fully fleshed-out as a character (surprise, surprise, since he was doing dual duty as director).
Laughton is charming and perfect as Maigret, definitely the strongest performance of the lot; makes me wish he'd made more Maigret films. Tone is wooden and not at all believable; Meredith not fully fleshed-out as a character (surprise, surprise, since he was doing dual duty as director).