Police Python 357

Name: Police Python 357
Director: Alain Corneau
Released: 1976-03-31

1976 film by Alain Corneau

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Also known as The Case Against Ferro

Released: March 31, 1976
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, September 9, 1976
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, October 29, 1976
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Director: Alain Corneau
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1.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2016-05-19
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Screenwriter: Alain Corneau
, Daniel Boulanger
Producer: Albina du Boisrouvray
Cast: Yves Montand
, François Périer
, Simone Signoret
, Stefania Sandrelli
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Runtime: 125 min
Genre: crime film
Country of origin: France
, Germany

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Police Python 357 is a 1976 French crime-thriller film written and directed by Alain Corneau. It is partially an adaptation of the storyline of Kenneth Fearing's 1946 novel, The Big Clock, along with childhood experiences by Corneau.

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Director of photography: Étienne Becker
Title: Police Python 357
Film editor: Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 16
Medierådet rating: For ages 12 and up
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1.Stated in Danish Film Database
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CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.Stated in film distribution certificate
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Based on: The Big Clock author: Kenneth Fearing
Filming location: Musée Gustave Moreau
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1.musee-moreau.fr/actualite/des-tournages-au-museeRetrieved 2022-05-13
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Production designer: Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko
Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Violence
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/police-python-357/Retrieved 2025-06-21
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Has characteristic: film based on a novel

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