The Butcher

1970

NR

1h 33m

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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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Claude Chabrol(screenplay by)
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Stéphane Audran
Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
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Jean Yanne
Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
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Roger Rudel
Commissioner Grumbach
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Mario Beccara
Léon Hamel
Pascal Ferone
Father Charpy

Writers

Claude Chabrol(screenplay by)

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Release date

February 27, 1970 (United States)

Country of origin

France

Language

French

Production companies

Les Films La Boétie
Euro International Films

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