The Butcher

The Butcher

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1970-02-27
Genre:Thriller, Crime, Drama
Duration:93 min
Country:France, Italy
Director:Claude Chabrol
Actors:Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccara
Production:Les Films La Boétie, Euro International Films

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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