Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (i.e. 'The inquiries of the superintendent Maigret') is an Italian television series based on the detective fiction of Georges Simenon about the French police Jules Maigret, portrayed by Gino Cervi, directed by Mario Landi, in sixteen episodes, produced by RAI. Shot in black and white, the series was very successful: the last season (1972) was followed by eighteen and a half million viewers.
Episodes
(with dates of first broadcast on Rai Uno)
Series 1
, Novel, (broadcast in three episodes, December 27, 1964, and 1–3 January 1965) , Novel, (10, 15 and 17 January 1965) , Novel, (10 January 1965) (A Battle of Nerves), Novel (7, 12 and 14 February 1965)
Series 2
, Novel (20–27 February 1965) , Novel (le 6, 13, 20 et 27 March 1966) Short story, (3 April 1966) Short story, (7 April 1966)
Series 3
(The Patience of Maigret), Novel (19–26 May and 2 June 1968) , Short story, (7 July 1968) , Short story, (9 July 1968) , Novel, (14, 21 and 28 July 1968) (Maigret on the Defensive), Novel (4, 11 and 18 August 1968)
Series 4
(2–3 September 1972) (9–10 September 1972) (Maigret in Retirement), (16–17 September 1972)
Cast
Main and recurring
Gino Cervi as Commissaire Maigret
Andreina Pagnani as Mme Maigret
Mario Maranzana as Inspecteur Lucas
Manlio Busoni as Inspecteur Torrence
Daniele Tedeschi as Inspecteur Janvier
Gianni Musy as Inspecteur Lapointe
Oreste Lionello as Dr. Moers
Franco Volpi as Judge Coméliau
Edoardo Toniolo as Police Director
Rino Genovese as Bailiff Leopold
Guest cast
Notable guest stars include
See also
Maigret a Pigalle (1966)