The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950)
1950 · Feature film · 87 min · dir. Burgess Meredith
PARIS... GAY, ALLURING... MASKING A STRANGE ADVENTURE!
- Thriller
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Burgess Meredith
- Writer
- Harry Brown
- Cinematography
- Stanley Cortez
- Studio
- A & T Film Productions, Inc.
- Released
- 1949-12-12
- Running time
- 87 minutes
Cast & crew
Burgess Meredith Director
Charles Laughton
Franchot Tone- Burgess Meredith
Robert Hutton
Jean Wallace
Patricia Roc
Belita- George Thorpe
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Great film · Penda · 2008-03-11
I thought that this work was engaging and highly entertaining. Well worth a watch. Four stars for the stars and for Paris. Very crafty antagonist with intriguing psychology.
★★★ · not one to remember · keygrip · 2009-09-06
This is a little seen failed attempt at a Hitchcockian style thriller let down by a script lacking in suspense and poor sepia like colour. Nice performance by a restrained Laughton, but more quality was needed in the supporting roles. Good use of Paris locations but the film became quite tiresome well before the inevitable climax.
★★★ · Worthwhile but should have been better · Antsy · 2008-03-07
It has many promising elements - based on a Maigret novel by Georges Simenon, Maigret played by the great Charles Laughton; competent actors like Franchot Tone and Burgess Meredith; and it has the still pretty effective climactic chase on the Eiffel Tower. Overall, though, it's not that memorable, maybe thanks to the clumsiness of first time director Burgess Meredith and first time producer Franchot Tone. Also, the credited cast member "The City of Paris" was probably a lot more effective it its role when the movie still had vibrant colour - it's faded to depressing sepia now. All the same…
★★★ · The Man in the Effel Tower · rq52 · 2008-03-08
I wish to answer the reviewer about the film in question. Yes, you are right; it is worthy aof another viewing but the comment about the use of color. The Ansco Color, a process developed by Ansco film company. Like Kodak, it too dabble with the color in films. The process is more expensive than Cinecolor and is twice as good as Truecolor. However, the Technicolor process is the most expensive of all. Natalie Kamus. whose husband developed the process, had her business claws all over the process after her husband passed away. She acted as color consulter thoughout the 40's and 50's and if a…
★★ · Bruno Cremer's version was better · elynsman2ooo · 2020-05-30
With this cast,this film should have better. Allowing that the film should have shot B/W,everyone seems to be going through the paces. Sorry but Cremers take on Maigret cannot be beat.
