Twelve Hours By the Clock (French: Douze heures d'horloge, German: Ihr Verbrechen war Liebe) is a 1959 French-West German crime drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring Lino Ventura, Eva Bartok and Gert Fröbe. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location around La Colle-sur-Loup and Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Piérac.
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Synopsis
Three men break out of prison, but one of them is wounded during the escape. They make plans to flee the country but have to wait for twelve hours in a fishing village in order to make their getaway on a small boat.
Cast
Lino Ventura as Albert Fourbieux
Eva Bartok as Barbara
Hannes Messemer as Serge
Laurent Terzieff as Kopetzky
Gert Fröbe as Le photographe Blanche
Suzy Prim as Madame César
Lucien Raimbourg as Monsieur César
Gil Vidal as Maurice de Tercy
Ginette Pigeon as Lucette
Guy Tréjan as Armand - le gendarme
René Worms as Le notaire
Annick Allières as Louise - la bonne
Fernand Bercher as Monsieur de Tercy
Lucien Callamand as Le parrain de Lucette
Paul Bisciglia as Octave