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Film · 1970
The Butcher
1h 33mNRDirected by Claude Chabrol
- Thriller
- Crime
- Drama
An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.
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.
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Cast
Stéphane AudranHélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
Jean YannePaul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
Roger RudelCommissioner Grumbach
Antonio PassaliaAngelo
Mario BeccaraLéon Hamel- William GuéraultCharles
- Pascal FeroneFather Charpy
Details
- Director
- Claude Chabrol
- Writer
- Claude Chabrol
- Music
- Pierre Jansen
- Cinematography
- Jean Rabier
- Editor
- Jacques Gaillard
- Producer
- André Génovès
- Release
- February 27, 1970
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- French
- Studio
- Les Films La Boétie, Euro International Films
- TMDB score
- 7.1 / 10 from 296 votes
Where to watch
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Buy
- Amazon Video
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