The Butcher (1970)

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

Kernel Score: 78% · 265 ratings

Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama

Released: 1970-02-27

Runtime: 93 minutes

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.

Director

Claude Chabrol

Cast

Stéphane Audran as Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
Jean Yanne as Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
Roger Rudel as Commissioner Grumbach
Antonio Passalia as Angelo
Mario Beccara as Léon Hamel
William Guérault as Charles
Pascal Ferone as Father Charpy