Twelve Hours by the Clock

Apr 21, 1959

1h 45m

★ 3.9

Overview

Three criminals escape from a French prison and hide in a coastal village where they have to wait for 12 hours until the boat that is supposed to take them to freedom arrives.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Estela Films

Les Films Fernand Rivers

Transocean-Film

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Cast

Fourbieux

Lino Ventura

Kopetsky

Laurent Terzieff

Serge

Hannes Messemer

Eva

Eva Bartok

Madame César

Suzy Prim

César

Lucien Raimbourg

Monsieur Blanche

Gert Fröbe

Armand,le gendarme

Guy Tréjan

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