Though hampered by a small budget that shrank with each shooting day, director Burgess Meredith fashioned a serviceable film version of Georges Simenon's A Battle of Nerves. Retitled The Man on the Eiffel Tower, the film pits Simenon's analytical Inspector Maigret (Charles Laughton) against a wily murderer. We know virtually from the outset that the guilty party is Radek (Franchot Tone), a psychotic with delusions of grandeur who has been seduced into killing the wealthy aunt of slatternly Edna Wallace (Jean Wallace). ...
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Though hampered by a small budget that shrank with each shooting day, director Burgess Meredith fashioned a serviceable film version of Georges Simenon's A Battle of Nerves. Retitled The Man on the Eiffel Tower, the film pits Simenon's analytical Inspector Maigret (Charles Laughton) against a wily murderer. We know virtually from the outset that the guilty party is Radek (Franchot Tone), a psychotic with delusions of grandeur who has been seduced into killing the wealthy aunt of slatternly Edna Wallace (Jean Wallace). Maigret suspects Radek , but without solid proof he must suffer the taunting and baiting of the beyond-the-law killer. Eventually Maigret wins the psychological battle, forcing Radek to seek refuge on the titular tower. And if you're waiting for that final fatal fall, this isn't that kind of movie. Burgess Meredith also appears in the film as the sort of obvious suspect that is automatically disregarded by any true detective-story buff, despite the most damning evidence. Originally released in eye-pleasing Anscocolor, Man on the Eiffel Tower is generally available nowadays in washed-out public-domain prints. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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NEW, Factory Sealed Shrinkwrap. THE MAN ON THE EIFFEL TOWER ( Criminal Genius, Suspense Murder Mystery & Detective in Paris--1949 Movie / Video Film on DVD ); >>> Based on A Battle of Nerves by Georges Simenon; >> Starring; Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Robert Hutton, Jean Wallace, Patricia Roc, Belita; >>> Directed by; Burgess Mereith; Movie / Video Film Originally Released in 1949; Color; Stated Running Time = 88 Minutes; >> Authentic LEGAL Good Quality Copy (NOT a Bootleg; NOT a cheap Foreign Knockoff) manufactured in 2003 in Narberth, PA, USA by ALPHA VIDEO; >>> BRAND NEW, Never Played, STILL FACTORY SEALED in Original Shrinkwrap; DVD Standard Format--NTSC Encoded (made to play on USA and CANADA Machines);
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