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The Butcher

1970 · 1h 33m · 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 Audran as Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
• Jean Yanne as Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
• Roger Rudel as Commissioner Grumbach
• Antonio Passalia as Angelo
• Mario Beccara as Léon Hamel
• William Guérault as Charles
• Pascal Ferone as Father Charpy

Details

Director

Claude Chabrol

Released

February 27, 1970

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Thriller, Crime, Drama

Studio

Les Films La Boétie and Euro International Films

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.1 / 10 from 294 votes