This doesn't have the film noir style or crime world romanticism of ‘50s gangster movies and it can seem a little slow at times, but it's a satisfyingly low-key murder mystery with some great sets and Paris locations, and it exhibits a very continental attitude toward sexual affairs compared to American films of the period. Jean Delannoy directs this adaptation with a deliberate pace and attention to small details as the good guys shadow suspects and interview persons of interest. Olivier Hussenot costars as a police detective who initially resents Maigret's authority and reputation but is won over by Maigret's respect for and trust in his men. Plot Maigret sets a trap for a serial killer, hoping to lure him into error. Gabin holds the center with understated authority and takes charge as he grills the suspects. Maigret Sets a Trap ( French: Maigret tend un pige) is a 1955 detective novel by the Belgian novelist Georges Simenon featuring his fictional character Jules Maigret. Gabin's Maigret is a veteran commander with a methodical approach to crime-solving, working with a loyal team of detectives who together follow multiple leads to a pair of suspects: a butcher (Alfred Adam) whose knife was used in one of the murders, and an artist (Jean Desailly) whose wife (Annie Girardot) is having an affair. He makes his debut in Maigret Sets a Trap (1958), which pits Maigret and his team against a Jack the Ripper-like serial killer.
The great French actor Jean Gabin played Georges Simenon's famed Inspector Maigret in three French features in the late 1950s and early ‘60s.
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