Maigret Sets A Trap (1958) / Maigret and the St Fiacre Case (1959)

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Last night I grabbed a blu-ray off of my mound of "to watch" titles at random and I hit a very good one... St Fiacre Case. I picked this up recently in the Kino sale and having recently watched the Rowan Atkinson TV series, I was interested to see the original films.

The characters and acting are excellent. The mystery is a lot like Agatha Christie where the whole point of the story is seeing the unique characters interact. Great camerawork and lighting too. It reminded me a bit of Les Diabolique, in fact I'd swear this film uses some of the same locations.

The transfer was quite good... a few minor contrast issues here and there, but it projected beautifully. The sound was good too. The music was full sounding. Well worth picking up if you're a mystery fan.