Police Python 357

Police Python 357 (also known as The Case Against Ferro) is a 1976 French crime-thriller film written and directed by Alain Corneau.^[1][2] 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 Dirty Harry (the film's opening sequence directly copies that of Magnum Force).

Directed byAlain Corneau

Written by

• Alain Corneau
• Daniel Boulanger

Based onThe Big Clock
1946 novel
by Kenneth Fearing

Produced byAlbina du Boisrouvray

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Police Python 357
Directed by	Alain Corneau
Written by	Alain Corneau Daniel Boulanger
Based on	The Big Clock 1946 novel by Kenneth Fearing
Produced by	Albina du Boisrouvray
Starring	Yves Montand Simone Signoret François Périer Mathieu Carrière Stefania Sandrelli
Cinematography	Étienne Becker
Edited by	Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Music by	Georges Delerue
Distributed by	Les Films La Boëtie
Release date	1976 (1976)
Running time	120 minutes
Language	French

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