The Butcher

The Butcher

1970/02/27 • Released • French

Thriller
Crime
Drama
7.1
1h 33m

Overview

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.

Director : Claude Chabrol

Casts
Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran

Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

Jean Yanne

Jean Yanne

Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'

Roger Rudel

Roger Rudel

Commissioner Grumbach

Antonio Passalia

Angelo

Mario Beccara

Mario Beccara

Léon Hamel

William Guérault

Charles

Pascal Ferone

Father Charpy

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