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Alain Corneau Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer. Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work ...

. It is an adaptation of the storyline of Kenneth Fearing's 1946 novel, '' The Big Clock'', though with obvious stylistic influences from earlier 70's police thrillers like ''

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'' (the film's opening sequence directly copies that of ''

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'').

Plot

Cast

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (), was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a ...

as Inspector Marc Ferrot * François Périer as Police Commissioner Ganay *

Simone Signoret Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and ...

as Thérèse Ganay *

Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli (born 5 June 1946) is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the "Italian-style comedy" (''commedia all'italiana''), starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in ''Divorce Italian Style'' as Ang ...

as Sylvia Leopardi *

Mathieu Carrière Mathieu Carrière (; born 2 August 1950) is a German stage and screen actor with strong French connections. He has appeared in around 250 films worldwide and in 4000 hours of television. Carrière is also a director and a writer and is known as a ...

as Inspector Ménard *

Vadim Glowna Vadim Glowna (; 26 September 1941 – 24 January 2012) was a German actor and film director. Since 1964, he appeared in more than 150 films and television shows. He directed the 1983 film '' Dies rigorose Leben'', which won an Honourable Mentio ...

as Inspector Acadie * Claude Bertrand as Merchant of pigs * Serge Marquand as "The Red"

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* * 1976 films 1976 crime thriller films 1970s French-language films 1970s police films Films based on American crime novels Films directed by Alain Corneau Films scored by Georges Delerue French crime thriller films French police films Police detective films 1970s French films {{1970s-thriller-film-stub