World in My Pocket

World in My Pocket (also known as On Friday at Eleven) is a 1961 European crime-drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff. The film was a co-production between West Germany (where it was released as An einem Freitag um halb zwölf), France (where is known as Vendredi 13 heures) and Italy (where is known as Il mondo nella mia tasca).^[1][2]

Directed byAlvin Rakoff

Written byFrank Harvey

Story byBased on the novel The World in My Pocket by James Hadley Chase

Produced byAlexander Grüter
Artur Brauner

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World in My Pocket
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Directed by	Alvin Rakoff
Written by	Frank Harvey
Story by	Based on the novel The World in My Pocket by James Hadley Chase
Produced by	Alexander Grüter Artur Brauner
Starring	Nadja Tiller Rod Steiger Peter van Eyck
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Edward B. Jarvis Alice Ludwig
Music by	Claude Bolling
Production companies	CCC Film Corona Filmproduktion Criterion Productions Erredi Film Panda Film
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution (France) British Lion Film Corporation (United Kingdom) Constantin Film (West Germany)
Release date	16 February 1961 (1961-02-16) (West Germany)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	France Italy United Kingdom West Germany
Languages	German Italian French

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It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in Marseille. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It is based on the 1959 novel The World in My Pocket by James Hadley Chase.^[3]