---
title: 'Deadlier Than the Male (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Julien Duvivier'
released: '1956-04-13'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/deadlier-than-the-male-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051172/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Deadlier Than the Male (1956)

1956 · 113 min · Drama · France

Original title: Voici le temps des assassins

## Synopsis

Voici le temps des assassins 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 - 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. It is a dark tale of a young and pretty femme fatale who ruins the life of a man and kills his best friend.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Julien Duvivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-duvivier)
- **Screenplay:** [Julien Duvivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-duvivier), [Charles Dorat](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-dorat), [Maurice Bessy](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-bessy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jean Wiener](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-wiener)
- **Director of Photography:** [Armand Henri Julien Thirard](https://cinepixo.com/people/armand-henri-julien-thirard)
- **Editor:** [Marthe Poncin](https://cinepixo.com/people/marthe-poncin)

## Cast

- [Jacques Bertrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-bertrand)
- [Robert Arnoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-arnoux)
- [Eugène Stuber](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-stuber)
- [Gérard Blain](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-blain)
- [Max Dalban](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-dalban)
- [Germaine Kerjean](https://cinepixo.com/people/germaine-kerjean)
- [Paul Barge](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-barge)
- [Paul Demange](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-demange)
- [Nadine Basile](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadine-basile)
- [Jean Gabin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-gabin)
- [Olga Valery](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-valery)
- [Georges Tat](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-tat)
- [Alfred Goulin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-goulin)
- [André Philip](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-philip)
- [Gaby Basset](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaby-basset)

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