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Three-disc set includes Maigret Sets A Trap (1958)Detective fiction's famed Parisian police inspector, Jules Maigret, is played to world-weary perfection by Jean Gabin in director Jean Delannoy's Gallic whodunit. As a serial killer preys on women along the city streets, Maigret must devise an elaborate ruse to catch the maniac before he can claim another victim. Annie Girardot, Lino Ventura, Olivier Hussenot, Jean Desailly also star. 114 min. In French with English subtitles. BW/Rtg NR Maigret And The St. Fiacre Case (1959)Jean Gabin picks up the pipe once more to play Simenon's renowned crimesolver in this sturdy French thriller. Inspector Maigret returns to his childhood hometown to assist the Contessa St. Fiacre (Valentine Tessier), a friend (and former flame) who has been receiving death threats. The case turns personal after the killer strikes. With Michel Auclair, Jacques Morel, Paul Frankeur, Robert Hirsch. 98 min. In French with English subtitles. BW/Rtg NR Maigret Sees Red (1963)Called in after the corpse of a drive-by shooting victim disappears from the street, Inspector Jules Maigret (Jean Gabin) doggedly follows the trail to American gangsters looking to make sure that a key U.S. government witness doesn't live to be extradited. Gabin's third and final turn as Georges Simeon's literary sleuth also stars Françoise Fabian, Michel Constantin, Guy Decomble, Roland Armontel. 87 min. In French with English subtitles. BW/Rtg NR Standard; Soundtrack French; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers. In French with English subtitles.
