The best Michel Simon’s crime movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Michel Simon’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Michel Simon.
It Happened in Broad Daylight
7.8/10
The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.
Port of Shadows
7.7/10
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.
La Chienne
7.5/10
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.
Panic
7.9/10
Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.
The Last Turning
6.8/10
Frank, a hobo, ends up in a garage-truck stop in the middle of nowhere. Nick Marino, its older, kind and naive owner, is married to Cora, a sexy and mercenary woman half his age. Frank, although not a fan of hard work, accepts Nick's offer to work for him. Of course, it is not for Nick's sake that the young man becomes his attendant, but for the love of Cora under whose spell he has fallen at once. It does not take long before Cora, who despises her husband, asks her lover to help her get rid of him. Frank is reluctant at first but.
Not Guilty
7.6/10
An alcoholic doctor accidentally kills someone and manages to make the death look like an accident. The episode triggers a sense of confidence and he resolves to correct the miseries of his life.
Brelan d'as
5.8/10
Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmu Caution and Maigret.
Derrière la façade
6.6/10
Mémoires d'un flic
6/10
In Marseille, crime squad captain Dominique fights against racketeers and tries to put a young man back on the right track.
Emile's Boat
6.2/10
Charles-Edmond, l'aîné des frères Larmentiel, décide de revenir à La Rochelle, sa ville natale pour y mourir. Quarante ans plus tôt il en avait été chassé par son père. Avant de trépasser, le vieil original annonce qu'il a un fils caché, Émile, marin-pêcheur auquel il souhaite lèguer ses biens. François, le frère cadet, que Charles-Edmond déteste, lorgne sur l'héritage pour renflouer la puissante entreprise familiale, véritable trust de la pêche, et va tenter de s'approprier l'affection et les biens de cet héritier inopportun. Émile, quant à lui, est trop occupé à se disputer avec Fernande, chanteuse de beugland, pour se douter de ce qui l'attend…
Pete the Tender
4.5/10
In this crime drama, Michel Simon is cast as Pierrot, an elderly gangster who does not fit the stereotype -- he is soft-hearted. After a petty criminal betrays his cohorts by taking off with the loot from a big robbery, he is caught and sent to jail. Now he has served his time, and Pierrot is given the task of retrieving the stolen cash. The tyro criminal tries to use a pretty young woman who has fallen in love with him as a red herring for Pierrot's investigation. Everything backfires though, and Pierrot is left considering what to do with the loot, and with the criminal who does not yet realize he loves his attractive accomplice and could have a good life with her if he opts for walking the straight and narrow.
