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The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)

NR 12/12/1949 Thriller 1h 37m
53%
User
Score
5.8/10

PARIS... GAY, ALLURING... MASKING A STRANGE ADVENTURE!

Overview

A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man.

Burgess Meredith

Director

Harry Brown

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Inspector Jules Maigret

Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone

Johann Radek

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Joseph Heurtin

Robert Hutton

Robert Hutton

Bill Kirby

Jean Wallace

Jean Wallace

Edna Wallace

Patricia Roc

Patricia Roc

Helen Kirby

Belita

Belita

Gisella Heurtin

George Thorpe

George Thorpe

Comelieu

William Phipps

William Phipps

Janvier

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Media

The Man On The Eiffel Tower 1949 Trailer

The Man On The Eiffel Tower 1949 Trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on July 9, 2022

It's unfortunate that the "Ansco" colour film used on this 1949 adaptation of Georges Simenon's novel "A Battle of Nerves" has made much of this rather dreary crime caper feel as if you are watching it through yellow cellophane. Despite Charles Laughton being quite decent in the role of the famous detective "Maigret" trying to track down a murderer and an extortionist, the thing just bumbles along for far too long peppered with far too many protracted establishing shots and way too much score. Director and co-star Burgess Meredith has lost much of his sense of objectivity or proportion as the story pondersouly creeps to a conclusion that involves the truly insipid Franchot Tone as the caviar sandwich loving "Radek". The book is complex and detailed, this is lacklustre and almost amateur in...

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