Deadlier Than the Male (1956 film)

Voici le temps des assassins
Directed byJulien Duvivier
Screenplay byJulien Duvivier
Charles Dorat
Pierre-Aristide Bréal
Based ona story by Julien Duvivier
Charles Dorat
Maurice Bessy
Produced byRené Bezard
Raymond Borderie
Pierre Cabaud
StarringJean Gabin
Danièle Delorme
CinematographyArmand Thirard
Edited byMarthe Poncin
Music byJean Wiener
Release date
  • 13 April 1956 (1956-04-13)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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[1] - 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.[2] It is a dark tale of a young and pretty femme fatale who ruins the life of a man and kills his best friend.

  1. ^ Matinée d'ivresse, retrieved 28 Nov 2016
  2. ^ Voici le temps des assassins at IMDb