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Police Python 357
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<p><i>Police Python 357</i> (also known as <i>The Case Against Ferro</i>) is a 1976 French <a href="/facts/Thriller_film/RLj4941a">crime-thriller film</a> written and directed by <a href="/facts/Alain_Corneau/cVQhI2UJ">Alain Corneau</a>. It is an adaptation of the storyline of <a href="/facts/Kenneth_Fearing/f0tEynBf">Kenneth Fearing</a>'s 1946 novel, <i><a href="/facts/The_Big_Clock/dfn90D5Q">The Big Clock</a></i>, though with obvious stylistic influences from earlier 70's police thrillers like <i><a href="/facts/Dirty_Harry/EblH43Vp">Dirty Harry</a></i> (the film's opening sequence directly copies that of <i><a href="/facts/Magnum_Force/rUhCmAwc">Magnum Force</a></i>). </p>