---
title: 'The Clockmaker (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bertrand Tavernier'
released: '1974-01-16'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-clockmaker-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071622/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Clockmaker (1974)

1974 · 105 min · Drama, Crime · France

Original title: L'Horloger de Saint-Paul

## Synopsis

The Clockmaker is a 1974 French crime drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, his feature film debut. Based on the 1954 novel L'Horloger d'Everton by Georges Simenon, it tells the story of a widowed father who first discovers how little he knows about his teenage son, who kills a man and with his girl goes on the run, but then decides that whatever their faults he will stand by the pair.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bertrand Tavernier](https://cinepixo.com/people/bertrand-tavernier)
- **Screenplay:** [Bertrand Tavernier](https://cinepixo.com/people/bertrand-tavernier), [Jean Aurenche](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-aurenche), [Pierre Bost](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-bost)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde)
- **Producer:** [Raymond Danon](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-danon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pierre-William Glenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-william-glenn)
- **Editor:** [Armand Psenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/armand-psenny)

## Cast

- [Christine Pascal](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-pascal)
- [Albert Husson](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-husson)
- [Janine Berdin](https://cinepixo.com/people/janine-berdin)
- [Johnny Wessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-wessler)
- [Henri Pasquale](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-pasquale)
- [Julien Bertheau](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-bertheau)
- [Jean Rochefort](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-rochefort)
- [Andrée Tainsy](https://cinepixo.com/people/andree-tainsy)
- [Jacques Barrac](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-barrac)
- [Jacques Denis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-denis)
- [Georges Baconnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-baconnier)
- [Philippe Noiret](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-noiret)
- [André San Fratello](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-san-fratello)
- [René Morard](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-morard)
- [Jean Marigny](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marigny)

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