History Literature / Maigret

* PoliceProcedural: Maigret being a police ''commissaire'' turns his investigations into this, though it's still very much classic whodunit.

Maigret has been adapted for radio, film and television numerous times since TheThirties in France and abroad uncluding Italy, Britain and even Japan.

* PoliceProcedural: Maigret being a police ''commissaire'' turns his investigations as this, though it's still very much classic whodunit.

* ''Maigret'' (1991-2005 series, France), starring Bruno Cremer. Second actor to have played the role the most, often considered the definitive one.

* LeadPoliceDetective: Maigret's job, though more he goes investigating alone most of the time anyway.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: In 1922, a man hung himself at the door handle of a church. Simenon had met the man the night before and brought the drunk person back to his home. It would inspire him to write ''Le pendu de Saint-Pholien''.

* ''Maigret and the Dead Young Woman'' (2021, France), starring Creator/GerardDepardieu.

* ''Maigret in Pigalle'' (1966, Italy) starring Creator/GinoCervi.

* ''The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret'' (1967-1990, France), starring Jean Richard. The actor who has played the role the most.
* ''Maigret'' (1991-2005, France), starring Bruno Cremer. Second actor to have played the role the most.
* ''Series/{{Maigret}}'' (2016-2018, UK), starring Creator/RowanAtkinson.

[[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif Parisian police]] inspector Jules Maigret is Creator/GeorgesSimenon's most famous character, and perhaps the most famous fictional French detective.

* ''Maigret in Pigalle'' (1966, Italy) starring Creator/GinoCervi as Maigret.

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Maigret has been adapted for radio, film and television numerous times since TheThirties in France and abroad uncluding Italy, Britain and Japan, including a British [=ITV=] series in the early 1990's starring Creator/MichaelGambon and [[Series/{{Maigret}} another in 2016]] starring Creator/RowanAtkinson.

* ''Night at the Crossroads'' (1932, France, directed by Creator/JeanRenoir), starring Pierre Renoir (brother of Jean) as Maigret.
* ''The Yellow Dog'' (1932, France), starring Abel Tarride as Maigret.
* ''The Man on the Eiffel Tower'' (1949, USA), starring Creator/CharlesLaughton as Maigret.

* ''Night at the Crossroads'' (1932 French film directed by Creator/JeanRenoir), starring Pierre Renoir (brother of Jean) as Maigret.
* ''The Yellow Dog'' (1932 French film), starring Abel Tarride as Maigret.
* ''The Man on the Eiffel Tower'' (1949 American film), starring Creator/CharlesLaughton as Maigret.
* The French trilogy starring Creator/JeanGabin:

* ''Maigret in Pigalle'' (1966 Italian film) starring Creator/GinoCervi as Maigret.

Maigret has been adapted for radio, film and television numerous times in France and abroad uncluding Italy, Britain and Japan, including a British [=ITV=] series in the early 1990's starring Creator/MichaelGambon and [[Series/{{Maigret}} another in 2016]] starring Creator/RowanAtkinson.

!!Adaptations:

* ''Night at the Crossroads'' (French 1932 film directed by Creator/JeanRenoir), starring Pierre Renoir (brother of Jean) as Maigret.
* ''The Man on the Eiffel Tower'' (American 1949 film), starring Creator/CharlesLaughton as Maigret.

!!''Maigret'' provides examples of the following tropes:

[[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif Parisian police]] inspector Jules Maigret is Creator/GeorgesSimenon's most famous character, and the most famous fictional French detective.

* ArtisticLicense: The first books are filled with this regarding Parisian police work, such as Maigret working at the ''Sûreté'' yet investigating cases outside of Paris or tailing suspects alone. Director of the ''Police Judiciaire'' Xavier Guichard invited Simenon at the 36, Quai des Orfèvres in Paris for a visit in the early 1930s to help him make his subsequent novels more accurate. This led Simenon to ditch the ''Sûreté'' and use the ''Préfecture de Paris'' instead.

[[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif Parisian police]] inspector Jules Maigret is Creator/GeorgesSimenon's most famous character, and the most famous fictional French detective. The unflappable ''bourgeois'' sleuth starred in 81 novels and a number of short stories, calmly smoking his pipe and using his knowledge of psychology and patient routine investigation to understand the motives of the people he investigated to solve his cases.

[[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif Parisian police]] inspector Jules Maigret is Creator/GeorgesSimenon's most famous character. The unflappable ''bourgeois'' sleuth starred in 81 novels and a number of short stories, calmly smoking his pipe and using his knowledge of psychology and patient routine investigation to understand the motives of the people he investigated to solve his cases.

Parisian police inspector Jules Maigret is Creator/GeorgesSimenon's most famous character. The unflappable ''bourgeois'' sleuth starred in 81 novels and a number of short stories, calmly smoking his pipe and using his knowledge of psychology and patient routine investigation to understand the motives of the people he investigated to solve his cases.

Parisian police inspector Jules Maigret is Creator/GeorgesSimenon's most famous character. The unflappable ''bourgeois'' Maigret starred in 81 novels and a number of short stories, calmly smoking his pipe and using his knowledge of psychology and patient routine investigation to understand the motives of the people he investigated to solve his cases.

Maigret has been adapted for radio, film and television numerous times in France and abroad uncluding Italy, Britain and Japan, including a British [=ITV=] series in the early 1990's starring Creator/MichaelGambon and [[Series/{{Maigret}} another in 2016]] starring Creator/RowanAtkinson.