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A Man's Neck (French: La tête d'un homme [1]) is a 1933 French crime film directed by Julien Duvivier [2] and starring Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Gaston Jacquet and Gina Manès. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1931 novel A Battle of Nerves by Georges Simenon, featuring the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Currently you are able to watch "A Man's Neck" streaming on Criterion Channel. Synopsis Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke.
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- Harry Baur
- Julien Duvivier
- Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac
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.
"A Man's Neck" – an adaptation of a Georges Simenon novel – is a film noir precursor and psychoanalytical thriller that evokes films from the likes of Hitchcock and Lang, but never quite reaching their class, in spite of innovative use of visual techniques and editing.
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- Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac
- Julien Duvivier
A Man's Neck is a film directed by Julien Duvivier with Harry Baur, Valery Inkijinoff, Alexandre Rignault, Gaston Jacquet .... Year: 1933. Original title: La tête d'un homme. Synopsis: Willy Ferriere is dead broke and his mistress costs a lot. One day, he says in a pub that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt.
Overview. 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.
