![]() This inflexibility made him a pretty terrible Jean Valjean later that year in the big budget adaptation of Les Misérables, but these qualities work in his favor as Maigret. In his later postwar films, movie roles seem to adjust to Gabin's screen persona rather than the other way around, his chiseled stone-like features becoming a kind of French monument. Iconic French star Jean Gabin plays Police Inspector Maigret. In that sense the film hardly seems dated at all, and overall compares favorably to the very best murder mysteries made for British television in recent years. A French-Italian co-production, the film is handsomely made, features good performances, and perhaps most importantly is far franker and more explicit about the sexual aspects contained in the story than would ever passed Hollywood's Production Code at the time. ![]() For mystery fans, Maigret Sets a Trap ( Maigret tend un piège, 1958) exceeds expectations. ![]()
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