The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man.
Top billed cast
Charles LaughtonInspector Jules Maigret
Franchot ToneJohann Radek
Burgess MeredithJoseph Heurtin
Robert HuttonBill Kirby
Jean WallaceEdna Wallace
Patricia RocHelen Kirby
BelitaGisella Heurtin
George ThorpeComelieu
William PhippsJanvier- William CottrellMoers
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