Police Python 357 (1976)

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Yves Montand (The Wages of Fear) plays Inspector Marc Ferrot, a stoic, methodical detective who is consumed and defined by his work. When he meets the tempestuous Sylvia (Stefania Sandrelli, The Conformist) and begins an affair, his hardline exterior begins to soften. But when Sylvia is later found brutally murdered, Ferrot suddenly finds himself implicated and in a battle to prove his innocence - and unbeknownst to him, his powerful boss (François Périer, Le Samouraï ) has taken a special interest in the case... A gripping and unpredictable cat-and-mouse thriller loosely based on Kenneth Fearing's The Big Clock, Police Python 357 is one of Alain Corneau's signature films and a stunning example of 70s French crime cinema.

Extras: Interactive Menu, PCM Mono, Commentary: Mike White, Interviews: Archival interview with Alain Corneau and François Périer about 'Police Python 357' from Belgian Television (1976), Maxim Jakubowski on 'Police Python 357's source novel and adaptation (2024)