Another gorgeously played episode, Gambon is perfect as Maigret, gradually fathoming out the uneasy relationship between the chief suspect, his mother, and his wife. Did one of them become a killer to try and save him?
Lucas is as ever world-weary, only getting disturbed when he has to try and delay the odious Comeliau, the examining magistrate (another terrific performance).
This one fits into just over an hour a nice tale, with a forensic discovery taking less time than in the book, and it pays little heed to the suspect's claim that he had "given the suit to a tramp". The Rowan Atkinson version pads the story out to closer to 2 hours, some of it in pursuit of the suit!
THIS Maigret is cut from a different cloth though . . .
Lucas is as ever world-weary, only getting disturbed when he has to try and delay the odious Comeliau, the examining magistrate (another terrific performance).
This one fits into just over an hour a nice tale, with a forensic discovery taking less time than in the book, and it pays little heed to the suspect's claim that he had "given the suit to a tramp". The Rowan Atkinson version pads the story out to closer to 2 hours, some of it in pursuit of the suit!
THIS Maigret is cut from a different cloth though . . .