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(SIREN WAILS)

It was a morning like this when we
first moved in here.

Do you remember?
Of course I remember.

Was it really 11 years ago?
No, it's 12.

Mm... Far too nice for work.

Don't go. You're a senior police
officer.

Give yourself the day off.
We could take a trip to the country.

Where?
Mer-sur-Loire.

I'm not taking a day off in order to
go house-hunting in the countryside.

Why? Because I'm not ready to
contemplate retirement.

Not for another...12 years.
11.

I shall be late for work.

However, you're quite right. I am a
senior police officer.

I'm entitled to a cup of coffee.

I'm entitled to be late for work.

Thank you, Madame.

Move it! Get the pendant!

(ALARM RINGS)

Come on! Come on, let's go!

Quickly!

(TYRES SCREECH)

Good morning, Chief. Lovely morning
it is, too, Lucas. You look ag

I am, a bit. There's been another
jewel robbery. Whereabouts? 00:03:23,920
Just off the Boulevard Montparnasse,
about half an hour ago.

Who's dealing with it?
Lapointe.

Excellent! Good experience for him.
No need to be agitated.

Oh? Comeliau wants to see you. He's
phoned three times.

Is that all?
In the past half hour.

Ah! That is a reason for agitation -
for me, not you.

I'd better go and talk to him.

He probably just wants to discuss the
delightful state of the weather (!)

Monsieur Maigret.
Monsieur Comeliau.

Another jewel robbery, I'm told.

Inspector Lapointe is at the scene.

How many is it now?

Too many.
73, I believe.

Over a period of seven years.
Correct.

It's a very long investigation,
Chief Inspector.

I am famous for my patience,
Monsieur.

The jewellers of Paris are not
patient, Maigret.

Many of them are wealthy men with
friends in high places.

Friends, perhaps, in the department
of the Examining Magistrate.

(CLEARS THROAT)

That is possible.
The investigation is proceeding.

Isn't it time we had a culprit?

I know the culprit. It's Manuel
Palmari.

Oh.

Manuel Palmari!

Who, from his apartment
at the Place de l'Auvergne

organises gangs of young hoodlums
from the South

and then disposes of the stolen
property so that it disappears with

as do the hoodlums from the South.
Precisely.

(TYPEWRITER PINGS)

Because it's true. And we've tapped
his telephone

and maintained constant surveillance
on his apartment

and still you have no evidence?
It could be someone else.

Monsieur Comeliau,
I know it's Palmari.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to
talk to my friend Palmari.

Today might be the day he confesses.

As ever, Chief Inspector, I leave it
to your absolute discretion.

What have we discovered?
Same pattern.

Two young men, dark complexions,
faces covered.

There's a driver and a look-out man.

Do we know what they were looking
for? Yeah. One platinum pendant

My wife likes emeralds.
But this is the interesting thing:

for weeks, there's been nothing of
real value on display in the window.

The dealer only got hold of the
emeralds last week

and he put them on show last
Thursday. And they were stolen on 00:06:44,920
So their information is very good.

It's my belief the thieves have a
very special method.

What method? Somebody walks around
the streets of Paris

looking in shop windows.

I shall go and talk to the master
criminal.

Just the man.

(TRADESMEN CALL OUT)

Any activity? Aline left the
apartment at nine o'clock.

Lacoste and Borelliet
are following them.

Are you going to talk to him?

Fourth floor, right-hand side.

Thank you, Janvier. After all these
years, I know the way intimately.

Oh, is the lift working?
Yes. Thank God for that!

Keep the change.

You're too generous, Monsieur.

# (STRINGS PLAY LIVELY TUNE)

Your boys were busy again this
morning, Manuel.

Wait. Be patient.

Listen.

(MUSIC CEASES)

Boys? I have no boys.

Jewellers shop off the Boulevard du
Montparnasse.

I repeat, I have no boys.

You have a woman.
Aline?

Who's well capable of taking messages
to your boys.

Who cares? I'd like
to think she loves me.

Has a habit of disappearing on
mysterious errands

that always coincide with the jewel
robberies.

How many times must I tell you, my
friend? I've retired.

I live here in this comfortable room
with my books and my records.

Peaceful retirement.

You listen to all my telephone
calls.

You must have heard me recommending
peaceful retirement to all my 00:10:24,240
I was there last week with my wife.
The moules were passable.

Oh, thank you.

I shall ask Aline to pass on your
compliments to the chef.

But I still don't believe you.
About what?

About retirement.

To be precise,
I retired two years ago.

No, thank you.

The night somebody shot me as I came
out of the Clou Dore,

leaving me like this.

It seemed to me that Nature was
dropping a small hint about r

It seems to me that one of your
business associates was settling

Probably a customer who didn't enjoy
the moules (!)

Probably a man called Mariani,

who was found a month later floating
face down

in the harbour in Marseille.
Oh, Marseille is a violent city.

You'll certainly find gangsters in
Marseille, but not in Paris.

This is a city of culture, books,
music... Civilised businessmen,

living in retirement.

(DOOR OPENS, FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
Aline?

Aline, in here.

Hello, my lovely!

(CHUCKLES)

What are you doing here?

My job, as usual.

I've been giving the Chief Inspector
a little advice.

Will he take it?
I doubt it. So do I.

When are you going
to stop bothering us?

When you're both tried and
convicted, Mademoiselle.

Monsieur Comeliau?
Oh, no, no, no, no.

He'd love to see the back of me,
but he's too polite to say so.

No, it was somebody else.
A professional gangster!

Really? And it's very odd. I mean,
here we have Monsieur Comeliau

the Examining Magistrate,
a man of high breeding,

a pillar of integrity...
and I can't stand the man!

And then we have Palmari,
a gangster and pimp

- probably a murderer, too, even
though it's second hand -

and I quite like him.

Certainly an interesting idea.
What is?

We could have a little cottage on
the Loire.

With a garden and an orchard.

I can see you in your old clothes,

smoking your pipe,
tending your garden,

while I'm in the kitchen preparing
lunch.

Something miraculous with
aubergines, I think.

What are you talking about?
Our retirement - it sounds lovely. 00:13:50,440
I think it sounds
extraordinarily tedious.

Oh, shoo.
Oh, this is delicious, you know.

(CHUCKLES)
Why don't you open a restaurant?

I have been through seven years of
files.

There isn't a shred of real evidence
against Palmari! So?

You're working with Chief Inspector
Maigret now.

But this isn't an investigation!
It's an obsession!

Obsession?
(DOOR CLOSES)

Perhaps I used the wrong word, sir.
Or perhaps you used the right word.

Aah! Palmari. Yes, an obsession.

May I ask the reason?
The reason is easy.

Fingerprints.

Oh, you won't find it in the files.

I don't mean actual fingerprints.

If you look at a drawing by Picasso,
you don't need a signature.

You simply know, this is the work of
Pablo Picasso.

You listen to an aria by Mozart.

Your ears tell you
this is the work of -

(PHONE RINGS)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

I look at these jewel robberies
and I know,

this is the work of Manuel Palmari.

Just a moment. Chief...
What is it?

Palmari.
He wants to speak to me?

Don't want to speak to anyone.

He's been murdered.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

Aline left the building at nine
o'clock. I followed her.

She went to the greengrocer's, then
the patisserie, then the laundry.

We'll check the shopping list later.

Was she out of your sight at any
time? No!

And then she returned to her
apartment when? 9:55.

And then what?
Nothing, until 10:15.

Then she opened the window and
shouted for help.

Are the local police up there now?
Yes.

But they know you're coming.
They usually do. See you later.

Well, are you satisfied now (?)

On the contrary, Mademoiselle.

Is this the gun?
So they say.

Have you seen it before?
It belonged to Manuel.

Smith & Wesson .38.
Where is it usually kept?

In the daytime, behind the radio,
where Manuel could reach it.

At night, by the bed.

A professional's weapon!

Good morning, Chief Inspector.

Ah, yes, let me start.
All yours.

What are you going to do with him?
Fingerprints, photographs... Usual 00:17:28,840
You don't know?
It's not fair.

Life has many properties, Aline.

Fairness isn't one of them.

All he had was in that room.

His books, his music, his
radiogram...

And you.
Well, obviously.

Do you have a lover?

Of course not.

Forgive me for asking.
No, I don't forgive you.

My reason for asking is simple.

We've had you under surveillance for
several years now.

Yes, I had noticed (!)

At regular intervals,
you give my men the slip.

They lose you.

So what conclusion am I to draw?

You have lousy policemen!

Either you've been indulging in
criminal activities - probably

or you have a lover.

Maybe both. But I'll give you the
benefit of the doubt.

Listen. This morning,
Manuel was killed.

I want to know who did it. It's your
job to find out. Why don't you get 00:19:22,240
Yes.
What did you find?

You know what I saw. You saw it
yourself, for God's sake!

Did you pick up the gun? I told you
before, I haven't touched it. 00:19:33,080
So what did you do? Whatever it was,
you did it for 20 minutes.

I don't know what I did.

What would you have done?
I'd have called a doctor.

I know death when I see it.
And then I'd have called the police.

I did.

After 20 minutes.

20 minutes! What's so special about
20 minutes?

Well, it's long enough to remove any
compromising documents or objects 00:24:52,120
Let's not be sentimental about this,
Aline.

Manuel was a professional gangster.

He knew the ropes. He carried a gun
with him everywhere he went.

Yet he ended up dead.
If they can do that to him, what chance do

I'll take my chance.
No, you won't.

You don't have the choice. All my
men are thoroughly house-traine

Whatever you say.
Excellent.

Where is the nighttime policeman
going to sleep? He doesn't. He s

All my men stay awake all the time.

We're specially trained. The only
other thing is the rubber glove

Rubber gloves?
The ones you use in the kitchen.

May I take them away with me?

Thank you.

Another one! Another what?
Policeman.

Chief Inspector Maigret.
I know. I've seen you in the papers.

You might be famous, but I don't
want to be seen talking to you.

All I want is a list of the tenants.

I don't know if I can do that.
Why not?

Have to ask the landlady's
permission.

Give me her name and address and I'll
write to her.

Or is she on the telephone?

She lives in the building!

But she won't want to be bothered
after what's happened.

The building belongs to Aline?
To Mademoiselle Bauche?

Of course it does. Didn't you know?

And you call yourselves detectives!

We call ourselves detectives (?)

Imagine - Aline Bauche,
a woman of property!

It isn't a crime to own property.

According to some philosophies,
all property is theft.

With respect, Chief, it hasn't
caught on. As a philosophy, I mean. 00:27:16,240
How about the purchase of property
paid for by theft?

That's why we're here, sir.

(SIGHS)

What are you playing?

Patience.

Right, that's that out of the way.

Now, Lucas, the medical report.

Palmari was shot three times.
(PHONE RINGS)

The bullet that killed him
was fired from the right-hand side,

almost point blank,
through the temple.

According to the forensic report,
all three bullets were fired from 00:34:39,780
Your husband home from work yet?

He's a traveller. He doesn't work
regular hours.

What does he sell?
Little boxes.

His firm's about
to change their name.

They're going to call themselves
"packaging consultants",

but basically, it's still boxes.

So what did you hear this morning
in your role as a nosy parker?

I heard the noise.
What noise?

Your colleagues. Some of them are
quite loud!

No, thanks. That's true.

So I opened my door
and I peeped out.

They were carrying the body out of
the apartment.

There seemed to be some sort of a
debate as to whether it would

Yes, we often face philosophical
dilemmas of that kind.

Tell me, what did you hear earlier
this morning?

Earlier? Oh, I went shopping early.
About eight o'clock.

Had your husband left for work yet?

He was finishing his breakfast
as I left.

I returned about half past nine.
And then, of course, he'd gone?

Oh, yes. He'd be deep into the
suburbs by then.

After you returned, did you hear any
shots fired?

No, but I have the wireless on and I
sing, and I talk to myself.

and I'm not sure I'd recognise shots
if I heard them.

I mean, you don't expect your
neighbours to be murdered, do you?

Not in an ideal world, no.
But it isn't, is it?

An ideal world...

No. Alas, it isn't.

Am I permitted to give some advice?

Please feel free. Mademoiselle
Josette, who lives in the attic...

Now, she is the nosiest parker
in the building

and she's not quite
as mad as she seems.

Thank you, Madame.
My pleasure.

Ah! Let me guess - Mr Stuart.

Yes, I'm Stuart.
Chief Inspector Maigret.

Jolly good. Investigating the murder
of Manuel Palmari.

Sorry, never heard of the chap.
Are you going out for the evening?

To grab something to eat, then off
to work. What sort of work do you<

Sometimes bridge, backgammon...
I wish you the best of luck.

It isn't luck. It's percentages.
In that case, best of luck with your 00:49:16,640
Oh, that's not necessary, Madame.

We're simply here to fill in a few
gaps in our investigation.

I'm not sure I can be any help.

Did you have a long run today?
In the Lilas district. By car?

Yes.
What make?

A Peugeot 203. Is this a
cross-examination?

Do you carry a tray of samples with
you? Naturally.

May we see them? May I ask
whether you made similar requests

to other people in the building?
Not yet, Monsieur Barillard.

And you have every right
not to agree to my request,

in which case I will call up a very
agreeable Examining Magistrate,

who'll send an orderly around with a
search warrant.

Or, if necessary, a warrant for your
detention. What's going on,

Nothing is going on.

I prefer to talk business in my
study.

What's happening, Chief Inspector?
The men want to be alone.

You work for Gilot & Sons in the
Avenue Des Gobelins?

Yes. Ask them -
I'm sure they'll remember (!)

Did you have a telephone call about
an hour ago?

I have telephone calls all the time.

From a friend?
From clients.

Confectioners? Perfumers?
Jewellers?

Are those your clients?
Obviously!

We also had a call
from you this evening.

But the man who telephoned you about
a quarter of an hour before we did,

was he a client?
Yes.

What did he want?
A price list.

What's his name?
I don't remember.

If you don't remember his name, it
would be very difficult for you to 00:53:04,600
Good night, Monsieur.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

Did you mean to frighten him?
Fear is our only chance.

We know the crime, we know the
criminals but we have no evidence.

We have circumstantial evidence.
Where is the stolen property?

Where is the money? And we're still
one short. One short?

Aline Bauche,
Fernand Barillard - one more.

Monsieur Louis? No. He's only
a runner. He doesn't count.

What are you doing?

I'm trying to complete the triangle.

With my earrings?

There's something about them.
They're very pretty.

Yes, that too.

Chief Inspector Maigret?
Good morning, sir.

What happened?
What's that, sir?

Yesterday, you were -
(ENGINE REVS)

Yesterday, you -
(ENGINE REVS)

Oh, let's go inside. Yesterday, you
assured me beyond all reasonable 00:54:58,880
Not that they were married.
No, that would be too simple (!)

who sells cardboard boxes.
(SIGHS) The more you explain, the less

If you'd like to hear
the full story - No, no, no.

I leave it to your total and
absolute discretion.

(PHONE RINGS)

(MUFFLED SPEECH)

I'm busy. I have something very
important to tell you.

Get me the Immigration Service,
please, will you?

Well, carry on. I'll tell you
if it's very important.

Aline Bauche - she owns a hotel.

Call you back in five minutes.

Which hotel? The Hotel Bussiere
in the Rue d'Etoile.

Why didn't you tell me this last
night?

I didn't know!

After you left, it came up in the
course of conversation.

And since then you've given thought
to what I told you

about maintaining a good relationship
with the police? That, too. 00:56:30,320
Hotel Bussiere... We used to raid
that place when I was a young

What's it like? Has it changed much?

Has it become elegant, like the Clou
Dore? I don't know.

I'm a family man.

Are you?
Yes.

What's the informed opinion among the
experts leaning on your bar?

You need to speak to the night
porter,

but I understand it hasn't changed
very much since you were young.

Thank God for that! I hate Paris
when it gets respectable.

I preferred it tawdry.

But then, I'm sentimental like that.

Well, thank you very much,
Monsieur Pernelle.

You may now go about
your respectable business.

Immigration, please.

Lieutenant! Lapointe!

Hello, Monsieur.
No, thank you, Mademoiselle.

I'm on a very strict diet.

(DISTANT LAUGHTER)

(BELL PINGS)

Is it for the night or for the hour?
I don't want a room.

Well, you're wasting your time.
Rooms is what we've got.

You know this woman?
Depends who's asking.

Maigret?

Is that the same Maigret?
That's who's doing the asking.

Well, I'll take another look.

Tell me the truth. Don't tell me
what you think I want to hear.

Well, obviously, I know her.

Madame Bauche. She owns the place.

Does she have a room here?
Two - a bedroom and a sitting room.

She calls it a suite.
Do you have a key to the "suite"?

Only one key to the suite - she's
got it.

How often does she come here?

Oh, once a week. Does the money...
Where does she keep the money?

In the safe.
Where's the safe?

(PINGS)

(CLEARS THROAT)

In the suite.

Does she come here alone?

Sometimes.
Sometimes not?

Sometimes not.
With a man?

(KEYS CLINK)

Yes.

Always the same man?
(SIGHS) Yes.

Description.
I'm not very good at descriptions.

Try. Start with age. How old is he?

In his 30s.
Fat? Thin? Tall? Short?

Smart? Scruffy?
Flash.

Oui?
Some flash bastard...

with a Peugeot.

Thanks very much.

There'll be a policeman watching the
hotel.

Don't worry, it's nothing to do with
you.

If anyone asks, you haven't seen me.

That applies to everyone who comes
here.

Does he know what to do?
Yeah. You're in.

(ENGINE STARTS UP, TYRES SCREECH)

Lucas, this morning I completed the
triangle.

What triangle, Chief? Aline Bauche,
Fernand Barillard,

and the stone-cutter. The man who
resets and recurs all the stolen 01:06:29,960
I left the apartment as usual to go
shopping,

slipped his revolved into my handbag
and later, out on the landing,

passed it to my friend, neighbour and
lover Fernand Barillard.

I don't know what happened next.

You'll have to ask him."

How is that for a possible
confession?

What have you done with Fernand?

He's at police headquarters.

I'll be talking to him later about
both murders.

Both?
The old man - the stone-setter.

But he was -
Innocent.

Is that what you were going to say?
I don't know what I was going to 01:11:48,440
As soon as my men have finished their
work in the basement.

Good. Although I might allow myself
a beer before I leave the squa

It's been a pleasure, Madame.

# (GUITAR PLAYS WISTFUL MELODY)

Did you get the medical reports?
The old man was killed by a blow to 01:15:02,280
Mm. And the emeralds in the
basement.

Yes, that's fine.

Item Two: the murder of Manuel
Palmari.

Now, each of the accused - Aline
Bauche and Fernand Barillard -

accuses the other of the killing?
So would I, in the circumstances.

Would you outline the alternative
possibilities?

First alternative:
Aline walks into Palmari's study, shoots him

Second alternative: Aline slips the
gun into her handbag,

passes it to Barillard who's waiting
by prior arrangement in the hallway.

She also gives him a door key.

Barillard lets himself into the
apartment,

takes Palmari by surprise, Palmari
goes for his gun,

but it isn't in the usual place.

Barillard shoots him three times.

You found traces of oil in Aline
Bauche's handbag?

Cleaning fluid, as used on the Smith
& Wesson.

Which supports your second theory,
that she passed the gun onto Bar

Good. But it also supports my first
theory,

if Aline shot him but wanted to pass
the blame onto Barillard.

I see.

So what is your conclusion?

I think I shall leave it to your
total and absolute discretion.

(LAUGHTER)

Is that what you told him?
Yes.

Even though you know what really
happened? No-one ever knows what

We walked here on our first evening
in Paris.

Do you remember?
I remember.

I also remember
it was on the other bank.

Was it? Oh.

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