Editing Georges Simenon (section)

==Film adaptations==
Simenon's work has been widely adapted to cinema and television. He is credited on at least 171 productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799442/|title=Georges Simenon|work=IMDb|access-date=23 June 2015|archive-date=10 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810193731/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799442/|url-status=live}}</ref> Notable films include:
*''[[Night at the Crossroads]]'' (''La nuit du carrefour'', France, 1932), written and directed by [[Jean Renoir]], starring [[Pierre Renoir]] as Maigret<!--18 April 1932-->
*''[[The Yellow Dog (1932 film)|The Yellow Dog]]'' (''Le chien jaune'', France, 1932), directed by [[Jean Tarride]], starring [[Abel Tarride]] as Maigret<!--29 June 1932-->
*''[[A Man's Neck (film)|A Man's Neck]]'' (France, 1933), directed by [[Julien Duvivier]], starring [[Harry Baur]] as Maigret<!--18 February 1933-->
*''La Maison des sept jeunes filles'' (France, 1942), directed by [[Albert Valentin]]<!--6 February 1942-->
*''[[Annette and the Blonde Woman]]'' (''Annette et la dame blonde'', France, 1942), adapted by [[Henri Decoin]], directed by [[Jean Dréville]]<!--16 March 1942-->
*''[[The Strangers in the House (film)|The Strangers in the House]]'' (''Les inconnus dans la maison'', France, 1942), adapted by [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]] & [[Henri Decoin]], directed by [[Henri Decoin]]<!--16 May 1942-->
*''Monsieur La Souris'' (France, 1942), directed by [[Georges Lacombe (director)|Georges Lacombe]]<!--14 October 1942-->
*''Picpus'' (France, 1943), directed by [[Richard Pottier]], starring [[Albert Préjean]] as Maigret<!--12 February 1943-->
*''[[Strange Inheritance (film)|Strange Inheritance]]'' (''Le voyageur de la Toussaint'', France, 1943), adapted from ''[[Strange Inheritance (novel)|Strange Inheritance]]'', directed by [[Louis Daquin]]<!--8 April 1943-->
*''[[The Man from London (1943 film)|The Man from London]]'' (''L'Homme de Londres'', France, 1943), directed by [[Henri Decoin]]<!--20 October 1943-->
*''[[Cecile Is Dead]]'' (''Cécile est morte'', France 1944), adapted by [[Jean-Paul Le Chanois]] & [[Michel Duran]], directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]], starring [[Albert Préjean]] as Maigret<!--8 March 1944-->
*''[[Majestic Hotel Cellars]]'' (''Les caves du Majestic'', France, 1945), directed by [[Richard Pottier]], starring [[Albert Préjean]] as Maigret<!--11 August 1945-->
*''[[Panic (1946 film)|Panic]]'' (''Panique'', France, 1946), adapted from ''[[Les Fiançailles de M. Hire|Les fiançailles de M. Hire]]'', directed by [[Julien Duvivier]]<!--15 January 1947-->
*''[[Temptation Harbour]]'' (UK, 1947), adapted from ''L'homme de Londres'' (''Newhaven-Dieppe''), directed by [[Lance Comfort]]<!--27 February 1947-->
*''[[Last Refuge]]'' (''Dernier Refuge'', France, 1947), adapted from ''Le locataire'', directed by Marc Maurette<!--27 August 1947-->
*''[[The Man on the Eiffel Tower]]'' (1949), adapted from ''[[A Battle of Nerves|La tête d'un homme]]'', directed by [[Burgess Meredith]], starring [[Charles Laughton]] as Maigret<!--12 December 1949-->
*''[[Marie of the Port (film)|Marie of the Port]]'' (''La Marie du port'', France, 1950), directed by [[Marcel Carné]]<!--25 February 1950-->
*''[[Midnight Episode]]'' (UK, 1950), adapted from ''Monsieur La Souris'', directed by [[Gordon Parry (film director)|Gordon Parry]]<!--31 December 1950-->
*''[[La Vérité sur Bébé Donge]]'' (France, 1952), directed by [[Henri Decoin]]<!--13 February 1952-->
*''{{Ill|Brelan d'as|fr|3=Brelan d'as (film, 1952)}}'' (France, 1952), [[anthology film]], directed by [[Henri Verneuil]], starring [[Michel Simon]] as Maigret<!--12 September 1952-->
*''[[Forbidden Fruit (1952 film)|Forbidden Fruit]]'' (''Le Fruit défendu'', France, 1952), directed by [[Henri Verneuil]]<!--24 September 1952-->
*''[[The Man Who Watched Trains Go By]]'' (UK, 1952), adapted from ''[[The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (novel)|L'Homme qui regardait passer les trains]]'', directed by [[Harold French]]<!--December 1952-->
*''La neige était sale'' (France, 1953), directed by [[Luis Saslavsky]]<!--26 March 1953-->
*''Maigret dirige l'enquête'' (France, 1956), adapted from ''Cécile est morte'', directed by Stany Cordier, starring [[Maurice Manson]] as Maigret<!--25 January 1956-->
*''[[A Life in the Balance]]'' (1955), adapted from ''Sept petites croix dans un carnet'', directed by [[Harry Horner]] and [[Rafael Portillo]]<!--1 July 1955-->
*''[[The Bottom of the Bottle]]'' (1956), adapted from ''[[The Bottom of the Bottle (novel)|Le fond de la bouteille]]'', directed by [[Henry Hathaway]]<!--1 February 1956-->
*''Le Sang à la tête'' (France, 1956), adapted from ''Le Fils Cardinaud'', directed by [[Gilles Grangier]] and starring [[Jean Gabin]]<!--10 August 1956-->
*''[[The Brothers Rico]]'' (1957), directed by [[Phil Karlson]]
*''[[Maigret Sets a Trap (film)|Maigret Sets a Trap]]'' (''Maigret tend un piège'', France, 1958), written and directed by [[Jean Delannoy]], starring [[Jean Gabin]] as Maigret, [[Edgar Award]] for Best Foreign Film from the [[Mystery Writers of America]] in 1959<!--29 January 1958-->
*''[[The Stowaway (1958 film)|The Stowaway]]'' (Australia, 1958), adapted from ''Le passager clandestin'', directed by [[Lee Robinson (director)|Lee Robinson]] and [[Ralph Habib]]<!--22 March 1958-->
*''[[In Case of Adversity]]'' (''En cas de malheur'', France, 1958), directed by [[Claude Autant-Lara]]<!--17 September 1958-->
*''Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre'' (France, 1959), written and directed by [[Jean Delannoy]], starring [[Jean Gabin]] as Maigret<!--2 September 1959-->
*''[[Le Baron de l'écluse]]'' (France, 1960), directed by [[Jean Delannoy]] and starring [[Jean Gabin]]<!--13 April 1960-->
*''[[Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret]]'' (UK, TV series, 51 episodes, 1960–1963), starring [[Rupert Davies]] as Maigret<!--since 31 October 1960-->
*''[[The President (1961 film)|The President]]'' (''Le Président'', France, 1961), directed by [[Henri Verneuil]] and starring [[Jean Gabin]]<!--1 March 1961-->
*''[[Passion of Slow Fire|The Passion of Slow Fire]]'' (''La mort de Belle'', France, 1961), directed by [[Édouard Molinaro]]<!--3 March 1961-->
*''[[Emile's Boat]]'' (''Le bateau d'Émile'', France, 1962), directed by [[Denys de La Patellière]]<!--3 March 1962-->
*''Maigret voit rouge'' (France, 1963), adapted from ''Maigret, Lognon et les gangsters'', directed by [[Gilles Grangier]], starring [[Jean Gabin]] as Maigret<!--18 September 1963-->
*''[[Magnet of Doom]]'' (''L'aîné des Ferchaux'', France, 1963), directed by [[Jean-Pierre Melville]]<!--25 September 1963 (Italy)-->
*''[[Le inchieste del commissario Maigret]]'' (Italy, TV series, 16 episodes, 1964–1972), starring [[Gino Cervi]] as Maigret<!--since 27 December 1964-->
*''[[Three Rooms in Manhattan]]'' (''Trois chambres à Manhattan'', France, 1965), directed by [[Marcel Carné]]<!--10 November 1965-->
*''{{Ill|Maigret und sein größter Fall|de}}'' (West Germany, 1966), adapted from ''[[Maigret at the Gai-Moulin|La Danseuse du Gai-Moulin]]'', directed by [[Alfred Weidenmann]], starring [[Heinz Rühmann]] as Maigret<!--24 November 1966-->
*''[[Maigret a Pigalle]]'' (Italy, 1966), adapted from ''[[Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper|Maigret au "Picratt's"]]'', directed by [[Mario Landi]], starring [[Gino Cervi]] as Maigret<!--30 December 1966-->
*''[[Thirteen Against Fate]]'' (British TV series, 1966), thought lost, now all recovered
*''[[Stranger in the House (1967 film)|Stranger in the House]]'' (UK, 1967), adapted from ''[[The Strangers in the House|Les inconnus dans la maison]]'', directed by Pierre Rouve<!--23 May 1967-->
*''Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret'' (France, TV series, 88 episodes, 1967–1990), starring [[Jean Richard (actor)|Jean Richard]] as Maigret<!--since 14 October 1967 -->
*''[[Le Chat (film)|Le chat]]'' (France, 1971), directed by [[Pierre Granier-Deferre]]<!--24 April 1971-->
*''[[The Widow Couderc]]'' (''La veuve Couderc'', France, 1971), directed by [[Pierre Granier-Deferre]]<!--13 October 1971-->
*''[[The Train (1973 film)|The Train]]'' (''Le train'', France, 1971), directed by [[Pierre Granier-Deferre]]<!--31 October 1973-->
*''[[The Clockmaker]]'' (''L'horloger de Saint-Paul'', France, 1974), directed by [[Bertrand Tavernier]]<!--16 January 1974-->
*''Armchair Cinema: The Prison'' (Euston Films/Thames Television, 1974), adapted from "La prison"<!--28 May 1974-->
*''{{Ill|The Murderer (1979 film)|de|3=Der Mörder (1979)|lt=The Murderer}}'' (West Germany, 1979), directed by [[Ottokar Runze]]
*''[[L'Étoile du Nord (film)|L'Étoile du Nord]]'' (France, 1982), directed by [[Pierre Granier-Deferre]]<!--31 March 1982-->
*''[[The Hatter's Ghost]]'' (''Les Fantômes du Chapelier'', France, 1982), written and directed by [[Claude Chabrol]]<!--25 May 1982-->
*''Équateur'' (France, 1983), written and directed by [[Serge Gainsbourg]]
*''[[Maigret (1988 film)|Maigret]]'' (1988) appeared on ITV casting [[Richard Harris]] in the lead role.
*''[[Monsieur Hire]]'' (France, 1989), written and directed by [[Patrice Leconte]]
*''Seven Days After Murder'' (Azerbaijan & Russia, 1991), written by [[Rustam Ibragimbekov]], directed by [[Rasim Ojagov]]
*''[[Maigret (1991 TV series)|Maigret]]'' (France, TV series, 54 episodes, 1991–2005), starring [[Bruno Cremer]] as Maigret<!--since 1 December 1991-->
* [[Granada Television]] produced an adaptation of ''Maigret'' for ITV in 1992 and 1993 in which [[Michael Gambon]] starred as Maigret; there were 12 adaptations in the two series.
*''[[Betty (film)|Betty]]'' (France, 1992), written and directed by [[Claude Chabrol]]
*''[[El pasajero clandestino]]'' (Spain, 1995), adapted from ''Le passager clandestin'', directed by [[Agustí Villaronga]]
*''[[La Maison du canal]]'' (France and Belgium, 2003), directed by [[Alain Berliner]]
*''[[Red Lights (2004 film)|Red Lights]]'' (France, 2004), directed by [[Cédric Kahn]]
*''[[The Man from London]]'' (Hungary, 2007), written and directed by [[Béla Tarr]]
*''[[The Blue Room (2014 film)|The Blue Room]]'' (France, 2014), written and directed by [[Mathieu Amalric]]
*''La boule Noire'' (France, 2014), directed by Denis Malleval
*''[[Maigret (2016 TV series)|Maigret]]'' (UK, TV series, since 2016), starring [[Rowan Atkinson]] as Maigret<!--since 28 March 2016-->
*''[[Maigret (2022 film)|Maigret]]'' (France, 2022), directed by [[Patrice Leconte]] and featuring [[Gérard Depardieu|Gérard Dépardieu]] as Maigret