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Twelve Hours By the Clock

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How it feels

A man has twelve hours to solve a crime and clear his name. The clock ticks down as he scrambles across the French Riviera.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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