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Maigret - Season 8

Series: Maigret (1991)
4.7
(144)
Episodes
6
Rating
TV14
Year
2003

About

Sporting his pipe that seems a nod to Sherlock Holmes, the pragmatic Maigret investigates murders in his unurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth. Against a backdrop of 1950s Paris and the surrounding French countryside, these original feature-length films pay homage to one of the most brilliant detective minds of the twentieth century.

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Episodes

1 to 3 of 6

1. To Any Lengths

1h 36m

A note left in a café warns of the coming death of a fortune-teller. Despite precautions, the murder happens. In July's heat, with the Tour de France reaching its climax, Maigret gets caught up in an investigation where nothing makes sense.

2. Maigret's Failure

1h 35m

A powerful businessman complains of having received menacing letters and asks Maigret for protection. Maigret knew him when he was a boy and finds him just as unpleasant as he remembered.

3. Maigret's Boyhood Friend

1h 26m

Maigret's long-lost school chum bumps into him in the street and asks for help. His mistress has just been murdered in her own apartment. The man was there at the time and claims he saw nothing.

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