Feb 27, 1970
93 min
Full-HD

The Butcher (1970)

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.

Category

Thriller Crime Drama

Country

France Italy

Companies

Les Films La Boétie Euro International Films

Stéphane Audran

Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

Jean Yanne

Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'

Roger Rudel

Commissioner Grumbach

Antonio Passalia

Angelo

Mario Beccara

Léon Hamel

William Guérault

Charles

Pascal Ferone

Father Charpy

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