Thriller

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

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

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.

Release Date : 1949-12-12

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : A & T Film Productions, Inc.RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : FranceUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Inspector Jules Maigret

Original Name : Charles Laughton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johann Radek

Original Name : Franchot Tone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joseph Heurtin

Original Name : Burgess Meredith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill Kirby

Original Name : Robert Hutton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edna Wallace

Original Name : Jean Wallace

Gender : Female

Character Name : Helen Kirby

Original Name : Patricia Roc

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gisella Heurtin

Original Name : Belita

Gender : Female

Character Name : Comelieu

Original Name : George Thorpe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janvier

Original Name : William Phipps

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moers

Original Name : William Cottrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Chaz Chase

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Grollet

Original Name : Wilfrid Hyde-White

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector (uncredited)

Original Name : Howard Vernon

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-09

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 it's presentation - and but for the considerable skill of the star, it would struggle to be anything more than a post-war Parisian tourist video. I'm glad I watched it, but couldn't say I'd recommend it to any but fans of soulless sepia cinema.