A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon.
Dramatised by Giles Cooper from the novel 'L'Ecluse no. 1'.
Starring Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret
with Ewen Solon as Lucas
Guest star, Francis de Wolff
A BBC recording produced in association with Winwell Productions Ltd.
(First shown on December 4, 1961)
The men of the Paris canals are tough and resentful of interference. So Maigret finds when he comes to investigate the mysterious accident to Emile Ducrau, and the dangerous web of relationships that caused it.