The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974)
L'Horloger de Saint-Paul
ThumbScore
👍 77%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Jacques Denis as Antoine, friend of Michel
Yves Afonso as Inspector Bricard
Julien Bertheau as Edouard, friend of Michel
Jacques Hilling as Costes, journalist
Clotilde Joano as Janine Boitard, journalist
Andrée Tainsy as Madeleine Fourmet
Is The Watchmaker of St. Paul good?
Most people think so. 77% audience score, estimated from 122 TMDB ratings. Critics rated it higher at 100%, but audiences were less impressed.
Overview
Michel Descombes is a watchmaker who lives in Lyon with his teenage son Bernard. When the police visit and inform him that Bernard has killed a man and is on the run with a girl, Michel realises that he knew far less about his son than he thought. Wikipedia ↗
