Twelve Hours By the Clock (French: Douze heures d'horloge, German: Ihr Verbrechen war Liebe) is a 1959 French-West German crime drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring Lino Ventura, Eva Bartok and Gert Fröbe. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location around La Colle-sur-Loup and Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Piérac.
Three men break out of prison, but one of them is wounded during the escape. They make plans to flee the country but have to wait for twelve hours in a fishing village in order to make their getaway on a small boat.