The Butcher
Released
February 27, 1970
Runtime: 1h 33m
FrenchThrillerCrimeDrama
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 & Crew
Stéphane Audran
Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
Jean Yanne
Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
Roger Rudel
Commissioner Grumbach
Antonio Passalia
Angelo
Mario Beccara
Léon Hamel
- WG
William Guérault
Charles
- PF
Pascal Ferone
Father Charpy
Claude Chabrol
Director
Claude Chabrol
Screenplay
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