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1970
  • Drama
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The Butcher

Le Boucher
Runtime
1h 33m
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Countries
  • FR
  • France
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Languages
  • fr
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
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Cast
Stéphane Audran
Hélène Davile, aka «Mlle Hélène»
Jean Yanne
Paul Thomas, aka «Popaul»
Roger Rudel
Commissioner Grumbach
Antonio Passalia
Angelo
Mario Beccara
Léon Hamel
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Feb. 27, 1970
  • Original Language
    French
  • Production Companies
    • Euro International Film
    • Les Films de la Boétie

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