The Man on the Eiffel Tower

Dec 12, 1949

1h 37m

★ 5.1

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

A & T Film Productions, Inc.

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Inspector Jules Maigret

Charles Laughton

Johann Radek

Franchot Tone

Joseph Heurtin

Burgess Meredith

Bill Kirby

Robert Hutton

Edna Wallace

Jean Wallace

Helen Kirby

Patricia Roc

Gisella Heurtin

Belita

Comelieu

George Thorpe

Janvier

William Phipps

Moers

William Cottrell

Waiter

Chaz Chase

Professor Grollet

Wilfrid Hyde-White

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