Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Mysterious Days: 17 May


1904
Actor Jean Gabin is born in France. He will portray Inspector Maigret in three films. In 1937, he starred in the first film version of the life of French gangster Pepe le Moko, remade the following year as Algiers, starring Charles Boyer.

Inspector Maigret 1958
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case 1959
Maigret voit rouge 1963



1950
Director Nicholas Ray's noir film, In a Lonely Place, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, based on the novel by Dorothy Hughes, is released.

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