Word: maigret
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years, Burgess Meredith directed two films: The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go was not so good; The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) was considerably better, thanks to Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, and Meredith's own turn as a hapless myopic accused of double murder. Laughton is Inspector Maigret, the portliest policeman since Orson in Touch of Evil, and Tone is Radek, his "Candide"-quoting psychopathic prey. From behind the camera (reportedly with some help from Laughton), Meredith delivers a lean, cerebral mystery with plenty of wit, and one that never pauses for clich?. One minor flaw: Meredith...
...TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Sources: 1 -- A View from Above by Wilt Chamberlain; 2 -- The Man Who Wasn't Maigret by Patrick Marnham (published May 1993); 3 -- Don Giovanni libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte...