A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man.
Charles Laughton
as Inspector Jules Maigret
Franchot Tone
as Johann Radek
Burgess Meredith
as Joseph Heurtin
Robert Hutton
as Bill Kirby
Jean Wallace
as Edna Wallace
Patricia Roc
as Helen Kirby
Belita
as Gisella Heurtin
George Thorpe
as Comelieu
William Phipps
as Janvier
William Cottrell
as Moers
Chaz Chase
as Waiter
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Professor Grollet
