The Butcher
“An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.”
19701h 33mThriller · Crime · Drama
Released
February 27, 1970
TMDB Score
71% match · 295 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
DirectorClaude Chabrol
- Released
- February 27, 1970
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Studios
- Les Films La Boétie, Euro International Films
Top Billed Cast
Stéphane Audran
Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
Jean Yanne
Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
Roger Rudel
Commissioner Grumbach
Antonio Passalia
Angelo
Mario Beccara
Léon Hamel
William Guérault
Charles
Pascal Ferone
Father Charpy
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