Movie: Twelve Hours by the Clock

Top 8 Billed Cast

Lino Ventura
Lino Ventura

Fourbieux

Laurent Terzieff
Laurent Terzieff

Kopetsky

Hannes Messemer
Hannes Messemer

Serge

Eva Bartok
Eva Bartok

Eva

Suzy Prim
Suzy Prim

Madame César

Lucien Raimbourg
Lucien Raimbourg

César

Gert Fröbe
Gert Fröbe

Monsieur Blanche

Guy Tréjan
Guy Tréjan

Armand,le gendarme

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1959-04-21

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    4.3

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