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The Man on the Eiffel Tower is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Charles Laughton released in USA on 4 february 1950 with Charles Laughton
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950)
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Add to a movie listThe Man on the Eiffel Tower is a 1950 American mystery film directed by Burgess Meredith and starring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Meredith, and Robert Hutton. It is based on the 1931 novel La Tête d'un homme (A Man's Head) by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret. The film was co-produced by Tone and Allen as T&A Film Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
The film is also known as L'homme de la tour Eiffel in France.
Synopsis
In Paris, a down and out medical student Johann Radek (Franchot Tone) is paid by Bill Kirby (Robert Hutton) to murder his wealthy aunt. A knife grinder (Burgess Meredith) is suspected, but Radek keeps taunting the police until they realize that he is the killer. The police and Maigret (Charles Laughton) are led on chases through the streets and over the rooftops of Paris and finally up the girders of the Eiffel Tower.Actors
Charles Laughton
(Inspector Jules Maigret)
Franchot Tone
(Johann Radek)
Burgess Meredith
(Joseph Heurtin)
Robert Hutton
(Bill Kirby)
Patricia Roc
(Helen Kirby)
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