The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950)
Note: this print runs 88 minutes against a recorded 97 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Patricia Roc, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Belita, Jean Wallace, Robert Hutton
Directed by Burgess Meredith, Charles Laughton
The Man on the Eiffel Tower is a 1950 American Ansco Color film noir mystery film starring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, and Robert Hutton. Ultimately directed by Meredith, it is based on the 1931 novel La Tête d'un homme (A Man's Head) by Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret. The film was co-produced by Tone and Irving Allen as A&T Film Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Much of the outdoor action occurs in familiar Paris locales, including the Eiffel Tower, the Seine, and Pigalle.
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