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The Best of Maigret: Unscheduled Departure

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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?

Contributors

Dramatised by/script editor:
Giles Cooper
Author:
Georges Simenon
Designer:
Eileen Diss
Music composed by:
Ron Grainer
Film cameraman:
Bryan Langley
Film editor:
Ken Bilton
Producer:
Andrew Osborn
Associate:
Bill Luckwell
Director:
Eric Tayler
Chief Inspector Maigret:
Rupert Davies
Lucas:
Ewen Solon
Madame Maigret:
Helen Shingler
Lapointe:
Neville Jason
Xavier Marton:
Peter Copley
Jenny Sorel:
Charmian Eyre
Giselle Marton:
Pamela Brown
Harris:
Alex Gallier
Barman:
John Barrett
Customer:
Ken Parry
Source: Radio Times

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