| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Nicola Sloane | ... | The Countess | |
| Sebastian De Souza | ... | Philippe Martinot | |
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Simon Gregor | ... | Grasshopper |
| Olivia Vinall | ... | Arlette | |
| Douglas Hodge | ... | Fred Alfonsi | |
| Lorraine Ashbourne | ... | Rosa Alfonsi | |
| Cassie Clare | ... | Tania | |
| Rowan Atkinson | ... | Chief Inspector Jules Maigret | |
| Shaun Dingwall | ... | Inspector Janvier | |
| Lucy Cohu | ... | Mme Maigret | |
| Colin Mace | ... | Inspector Lognon | |
| Hugh Simon | ... | Dr Paul | |
| Leo Staar | ... | Inspector Lapointe | |
| Niké Kurta | ... | Betty | |
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Jane Wood | ... | Mme Aubin |
After telling Maigret she overheard a plot to kill 'the countess' club singer Arlette is strangled and soon afterwards the body of an elderly, reclusive countess is also discovered. Maigret believes a third person was present when Arlette was killed and is anxious to trace a man called Oscar, whose name Arlette cried out in her sleep. Meanwhile young rent boy Philippe, who shared the countess's drug addiction, n survives an attempt on his life but is too scared to help the police. Maigret finds out that both the dead women once lived at a Nice hotel, where the countess's husband died in odd circumstances and where Oscar also worked. This leads him to track down Oscar and to the closure of his case. Written by don @ minifie-1
I love Rowan Atkinson. I think he is an excellent yet underrated actor. He just gets it. He knows how to become his characters and it makes his believability so much better.
Drugs, slease, love and murder are her in this film. It's not overdone and I personally liked that. It is a simple case of murder being investigated by a shrewd detective. If you're looking for a lot of action you are not going to find it here. This is straight up mystery. I enjoyed it.