Dramatised by Giles Cooper from the novel 'Les scrupules de Maigret'.
A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon.
Starring Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret
with Ewen Solon as Lucas, Helen Shingler as Madame Maigret, Neville Jason as Lapointe
Guest stars: Pamela Brown, Peter Copley
BBC recording produced in association with Winwell Productions Ltd.
Last shown on June 3, 1961
Xavier Marton is a toy salesman-a mild, likeable, very ordinary little man. Is his fantastic story of premeditated murder and violent revenge the wild fancy of a sick mind, or the cunning of a subtle criminal?