February 18, 1933
Release Date

7.1

A Man's Neck (1933)

Name: A Man's Neck
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1933-02-18

1h 30m

Running Time

February 18, 1933
Release Date

External Links & Social Media

Plot.

Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke. One day, he says out of loud in a a Montparnasse café that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt so he could claim his inheritance. Someone secretly lets Willy know it's a deal. The old lady is murdered, and a low-life criminal is manipulated to be the perfect suspect. But Superintendant Maigret feels something is wrong.

Where to Watch.

Subs

Currently A Man's Neck is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel

Streaming in:
🇺🇸 United States

This Movie Is About.

murder ·

based on novel or book ·

aunt ·

murder mystery ·

inspector

Media.

Details.

Release Date
February 18, 1933

Original Name
La Tête d'un homme

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Genres
Mystery Thriller Crime

Wiki.

A Man's Neck (French: La tête d'un homme) is a 1933 French crime film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Gaston Jacquet and Gina Manès.It is an adaptation of the 1931 novel A Battle of Nerves by Georges Simenon, featuring the fictional detective Jules Maigret. It was the third film in cinema history to feature the Maigret character. It was remade in 1950 as The Man on the Eiffel Tower.The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.