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Cecile Is Dead (French: Cécile est morte! ) is a 1944 French crime film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Albert Préjean , Santa Relli and Germaine Kerjean . It is based on the 1942 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret .
Also known as Cécile is Dead, this Maigret from 1942 is one of the best, taking place in Paris, with an unexpected presence towards the end of an American detective, over in Paris to observe, and whom Simenon uses as someone for Maigret to expound and show his thoughts and methods.
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About Cécile Is Dead. “A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le CarréA moving novel about the destructive power of greed starring the unrivaled Inspector Maigret“Poor Cécile! And yet she was still young.
- Georges Simenon
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In the dreary suburbs of Paris, the merciless greed of a seemingly respectable woman is unearthed by her long suffering niece, and Maigret discovers the far-reaching consequences of their actions. 'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray. 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent. Read more.
Dec 29, 2015 · "Cecile is Dead" (previously translated from the French as "Maigret and the Spinster") features a murder investigation by Commissaire Jules Maigret of the Paris Police Judiciare that plays out in a dreary suburb.
- Georges Simenon
Cecile Is Dead: Directed by Maurice Tourneur. With Albert Préjean, Santa Relli, Germaine Kerjean, Luce Fabiole. A woman keeps coming to Quai Des Orfevres to see Inspector Maigret about disturbing events in her household.Maigret and his colleagues are annoyed, until this woman is found dead and they realize she was on to something.
Description. “A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré. A moving novel about the destructive power of greed starring the unrivaled Inspector Maigret. “Poor Cécile! And yet she was still young. Maigret had seen her papers: barely twenty-eight years old.
