Word: itness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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It all seems typical of French crime films, but as soon as Maigret appears, the weird story begins to emerge. As the manhunt runs its two-hour course, Maigret captures two murderers, an adultress, her gigolo, and the Marais Killer's possessive mother. Also in this line-up are an...
The killer, it turns out, is an impotent psychopath who murders women because he can't bring himself to kill his unfaithful wife. But his wife loves him, as does his mother, and the two women compete fiercely to protect him, making it extremely complicated for Maigret.
Actually, Inspector Maigret is a gem of understatement. Always frank, in the best French tradition, the movie is nonetheless in perfect taste. As a result, it is absorbing and believable. Besides, there is no better combination than Jean Gabin and good Gallic murder-mystery.
In answer to criticisms levelled by the Student Council when it urged withdrawal last year, Miss Parker emphasized that NSA is trying both to "redefine and reevaluate its ideals and goals" and also to become "more representative of student opinion."
He criticized the affidavit "because it is ineffective as a weapon against subversion, offensive to the sensibilities of many loyal Americans, and--in view of the large number of institutions of higher learning which have withdrawn from the loan program because of it--inimical to the success of a most...