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The Butcher

Original title: Le Boucher

An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.

  • Movie
  • 1970
  • NR
  • 1h 33m

Directed by Claude Chabrol

7.1

TMDB audience rating
7.1 out of 10 from 296 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Stéphane Audran

    Stéphane AudranHélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

  • Jean Yanne

    Jean YannePaul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'

  • Roger Rudel

    Roger RudelCommissioner Grumbach

  • Antonio Passalia

    Antonio PassaliaAngelo

  • Mario Beccara

    Mario BeccaraLéon Hamel

  • William GuéraultCharles

  • Pascal FeroneFather Charpy

Director
Claude Chabrol
Writer
Claude Chabrol
Music
Pierre Jansen
Cinematography
Jean Rabier