1970
7.1 (234 votes)
1h 33m
Genres
Thriller
Crime
Drama
Production Companies
Les Films La Boétie
Euro International Films
Euro International Films
The Butcher (Le Boucher)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Claude Chabrol
Screenplay: Claude Chabrol
Producer: André Génovès
Director of Photography: Jean Rabier
Top 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
William Guérault
Charles
Pascal Ferone
Father Charpy
