Police Python 357 Explained

Police Python 357 (also known as The Case Against Ferro) is a 1976 French crime-thriller film written and directed by Alain Corneau.^{[1] [2]} 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"

Notes and References

1. Book: Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. 8860736269.
2. Book: Alison Smith. French Cinema in the 1970s: The Echoes of May. 22 July 2005. Manchester University Press, 2005. 0719063418.