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Voici le temps des assassins (French for "This is the time for murderers") is a 1956 French crime film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin and Danièle Delorme. The title is a line of Matinée d'ivresse - part of Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud. The film was released as Deadlier Than the Male in the United States and as Twelve Hours to Live in the UK. It is a dark tale of a young and pretty femme fatale who ruins the life of a man and kills his best friend.
Original Release
04/13/1956
US Release
10/08/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Gabin | André Chatelin |
Danièle Delorme | Catherine |
Robert Arnoux | Bouvier / M. Bouvier |
Liliane Bert | Antoinette |
Gérard Blain | Gérard Delacroix |
Lucienne Bogaert | Gabrielle |
Aimé Clariond | Monsieur Prévost / M. Prévost |
Gabrielle Fontan | Madame Jules / Mme Jules |
Germaine Kerjean | Madame Chatelin mère / Mme Chatelin mère |
Robert Manuel | Mario Bonnacorsi |
Directors
Writers
Julien Duvivier, Charles Dorat, Maurice Bessy, Pierre-Aristide Bréal
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Gabin | André Chatelin |
Danièle Delorme | Catherine |
Robert Arnoux | Bouvier / M. Bouvier |
Liliane Bert | Antoinette |
Gérard Blain | Gérard Delacroix |
Lucienne Bogaert | Gabrielle |
Aimé Clariond | Monsieur Prévost / M. Prévost |
Gabrielle Fontan | Madame Jules / Mme Jules |
Germaine Kerjean | Madame Chatelin mère / Mme Chatelin mère |
Robert Manuel | Mario Bonnacorsi |
Robert Pizani | Le Président |
Jean-Paul Roussillon | Amédée |
Gaby Basset | La femme de charge de la guinguette / une serveuse de la guinguette |
Paul Demange | Le client au régime |
Olga Valéry | La duchesse |
Betty Beckers | Une fille / Germaine |
Jane Morlet | Madame Aristide, la caissière |
Gérard Fallec | Gaston |
Maxime Fabert | Le patron de l'hôtel du Charolais |
Camille Guérini | Gégène, le clochard |
Producers
Name | Role |
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René Bezard | Executive Producer |
Raymond Borderie | Executive Producer |
Pierre Cabaud | Executive Producer |
Georges Agiman | Producer |