Sporting his pipe that seems a nod to Sherlock Holmes, the pragmatic Maigret investigates murders in his unurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth. Against a backdrop of 1950s Paris and the surrounding French countryside, these original feature-length films pay homage to one of the most brilliant detective minds of the twentieth century.
Inspector Maigret and his wife's Belgian vacation is cut short when Mrs. Maigret gets appendicitis. Returning from her bedside, Maigret discovers a note in his pocket which causes him to begin an unauthorized investigation.
Returning from a conference, Maigret visits his old friend Chabot, a judge in a small town which has been rocked by two murders. A third murder soon follows, and Maigret's R&R turns into an investigation.
What begins as a routine trip to his hometown of Saint-Fiacre turns into work, as Inspector Maigret arrives just in time to witness a murder. Childhood memories return to haunt him as he investigates.
A man is found wandering the streets of Paris, mute and amnesiac. Under the old wig that overhangs his blank stare, the police discover a shaven head, and a gunshot wound that has been meticulously stitched.
Why would Professor Jean Duclos, a criminologist and lecturer of international renown, murder somebody? Ari, a young Finnish policeman, turns to his friend and mentor Inspector Maigret for help.
All of Paris is afraid. Five murders have been committed at night in the same neighborhood. There were no witnesses to the crimes, nor any links between the victims.
