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The Best of Maigret: The Mistake

on BBC Television

A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon.
Dramatised by Roger East from the novel "Maigret se trompe."

Starring Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret
with Ewen Solon as Lucas and Helen Shingler as Madame Maigret
Guest stars: John Robinson
with Annabel Maule, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Valerie White
BBC recording produced in association with Winwell Productions Ltd.
(Last shown on June 17, 1961)

Professor Gouin is a brilliant surgeon, but as Maigret says: 'He just doesn't understand what makes people tick'. Caught in the drama of murder, he finds that love at least cannot be diagnosed.

Contributors

Author:
Georges Simenon
Dramatised by:
Roger East
Designer:
Eileen Diss
Music composed by:
Ron Grainer
Film Cameraman:
John Ray
Film Editor:
Ian Callaway
Script Editor:
Giles Cooper
Associate:
Bill Luckwell
Director/Producer:
Andrew Osborn
Chief Inspector Maigret:
Rupert Davies
Lucas:
Ewen Solon
Madame Maigret:
Helen Shingler
Dr Lanvin:
Dennis Edwards
Professor Gouin:
John Robinson
Sister:
Kathleen Saintsbury
Dr Lucile Decaux:
Annabel Maule
Desiree Brault:
Ilona Ference
Madame Cornet:
Totti Truman Taylor
Louis:
George Betton
Pierre Eyraud:
Eric Thompson
Dr Paul:
John Salew
Germain Gouin:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Antoinette Ollevier:
Valerie White

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