The Butcher

Name: The Butcher
Director: Claude Chabrol
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Released: 1970-02-27
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccara

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1970 · 93 min · NR · Thriller · Crime · Drama · TMDB 7.1/10

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.

Directed by Claude Chabrol

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