''Police Python 357'' (also known as ''The Case Against Ferro'') is a 1976 French crime-thriller film written and directed by Alain Corneau. It is an adaptation of the storyline of Kenneth Fearing's 1946 novel, '' The Big Clock'', though with obvious stylistic influences from earlier 70's police thrillers like '' Dirty Harry'' (the film's opening sequence directly copies that of '' Magnum Force'').

Cast

* Yves Montand as Inspector Marc Ferrot * François Périer as Police Commissioner Ganay * Simone Signoret as Thérèse Ganay * Stefania Sandrelli as Sylvia Leopardi * Mathieu Carrière as Inspector Ménard * Vadim Glowna as Inspector Abadie * Claude Bertrand as Merchant of pigs * Serge Marquand as "The Red"

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* 1976 films 1976 crime films 1970s crime thriller films 1970s French-language films 1970s police films Films based on American crime novels Films directed by Alain Corneau Films scored by Georges Delerue French crime thriller films French police films Police detective films 1970s French films {{1970s-thriller-film-stub