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Jules Maigret (French: [ʒyl mɛɡʁɛ]), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a commissaire ("commissioner") of the Paris Brigade Criminelle (Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres), created by writer Georges Simenon. The character's full name is Jules Amédée François Maigret. [3]
Maigret is a British television series made by the BBC and which – following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959 – ran for 52 episodes from 1960 to 1963. [ 1 ] Based on the Maigret stories of Georges Simenon , the series starred Rupert Davies in the title role.
Death of a Harbour Master (other English-language titles are Death of a Harbormaster, Maigret and the Death of a Harbor Master and The Misty Harbor; French: Le Port des brumes) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.
Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper (original French-language title Maigret au "Picratt's") is a detective novel by the Belgian crime writer Georges Simenon published in 1950, featuring the author's most celebrated character Inspector Maigret. Its alternate English-language titles include Maigret in Montmartre and Maigret at Picratt's.
BBC TV aired an adaption of the novel titled Murder on Monday on 15 January 1962 with Rupert Davies playing Maigret. [3] Jean Richard played Maigret in the French telefilm that aired on 17 October 1973, [4] and Bruno Cremer played the detective in the French TV version of this book aired on 17 December 1993 which was directed by Etienne Périer.
Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (French: Maigret et la Grande Perche) is a 1951 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret. [1] Maigret is spurred into action by a visit from a burglar's wife, whom he had known well many years before. She informs him that a few nights previously her husband had ...
A BBC TV version of the book first aired on November 6, 1961, under the title Death of a Butcher with Rupert Davies playing Maigret. [2] Jean Richard played Maigret in the 1987 French TV version [ 3 ] and Bruno Cremer in the 2003 adaptation.
To Any Lengths (other English-language titles are Maigret and the Fortuneteller and Signed, Picpus; French: Signé Picpus) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret.