Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
Andreina Pagnani and Gino Cervi (1966)
Genre	Detective fiction
Created by	Mario Landi
Starring	Gino Cervi Andreina Pagnani Mario Maranzana Manlio Busoni Daniele Tedeschi Gianni Musy Oreste Lionello Franco Volpi Edoardo Toniolo Rino Genovese
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	16
Original release
Network	RAI
Release	17 September 1964 (1964-09-17) – 29 November 1972 (1972-11-29)

Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (i.e. 'The inquiries of the superintendent Maigret') is an Italian television series based on the detective fiction of Georges Simenon about the French police commissaire Jules Maigret, portrayed by Gino Cervi, directed by Mario Landi, in sixteen episodes, produced by RAI. Shot in black and white, the series was very successful: the last season (1972) was followed by eighteen and a half million viewers.

Episodes

(with dates of first broadcast on Rai Uno)

Series 1

1. Un'ombra su Maigret, Novel, (broadcast in three episodes, December 27, 1964, and 1–3 January 1965)
2. L'affare Picpus, Novel, (10, 15 and 17 January 1965)
3. Un Natale di Maigret, Novel, (10 January 1965)
4. Una vita in gioco (A Battle of Nerves), Novel (7, 12 and 14 February 1965)

Series 2

1. Non si uccidono i poveri diavoli, Novel (20–27 February 1965)
2. L'ombra cinese, Novel (le 6, 13, 20 et 27 March 1966)
3. La vecchia signora di Bayeux Short story, (3 April 1966)
4. L'innamorato della signora Maigret Short story, (7 April 1966)

Series 3

1. Maigret e i diamanti (The Patience of Maigret), Novel (19–26 May and 2 June 1968)
2. Il cadavere scomparso, Short story, (7 July 1968)
3. Maigret e l'ispettore sfortunato, Short story, (9 July 1968)
4. La chiusa, Novel, (14, 21 and 28 July 1968)
5. Maigret sotto inchiesta (Maigret on the Defensive), Novel (4, 11 and 18 August 1968)

Series 4

1. Il pazzo di Bergerac (2–3 September 1972)
2. Il ladro solitario (9–10 September 1972)
3. Maigret in pensione (Maigret in Retirement), (16–17 September 1972)

Cast

Main and recurring

• Gino Cervi as Commissaire Maigret
• Andreina Pagnani as Mme Maigret
• Mario Maranzana as Inspecteur Lucas
• Manlio Busoni as Inspecteur Torrence
• Daniele Tedeschi as Inspecteur Janvier
• Gianni Musy as Inspecteur Lapointe
• Oreste Lionello as Dr. Moers
• Franco Volpi as Judge Coméliau
• Edoardo Toniolo as Police Director
• Rino Genovese as Bailiff Leopold

Guest cast

Notable guest stars include