# The best Simenon and Maigret film adaptations

Jean Gabin as Maigret, Renoir's Night at the Crossroads, Le Chat with Signoret, The Clockmaker of St. Paul: the films based on Simenon, the writer most adapted by French cinema, chosen by the Caen film club and Mon cinéma à moi.

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## Top 13

1. **Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jean Delannoy. Jean Gabin as Maigret against a serial killer in Paris.
2. **Night at the Crossroads (1932)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jean Renoir. Pierre Renoir as Maigret, Simenon's atmosphere on screen.
3. **Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jean Delannoy. Gabin goes back to his childhood village.
4. **Love Is My Profession (1958)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Claude Autant-Lara. Gabin as a lawyer, with Brigitte Bardot and Edwige Feuillère.
5. **The Cat (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pierre Granier-Deferre. Gabin and Simone Signoret, a couple who no longer speak.
6. **Panic (1946)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Julien Duvivier. Michel Simon, a lonely neighbour made a scapegoat.
7. **The Clockmaker of St. Paul (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bertrand Tavernier. Philippe Noiret, a father whose son has killed.
8. **The Last Train (1973)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pierre Granier-Deferre. Trintignant and Romy Schneider in the 1940 exodus.
9. **The Widow Couderc (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pierre Granier-Deferre. Simone Signoret and Alain Delon in the countryside.
10. **Monsieur Hire (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Patrice Leconte. Michel Blanc as a lonely voyeur, from Mr Hire's Engagement.
11. **The Passion of Slow Fire (1961)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Édouard Molinaro. A teacher suspected of a young woman's murder.
12. **Strangers in the House (1942)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Henri Decoin. Raimu as an alcoholic lawyer.
13. **Maigret Sees Red (1963)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gilles Grangier. Gabin's third and last Maigret.

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