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The Butcher

7.119701h 33mNRMovieThrillerCrimeDrama

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.

DirectorClaude Chabrol
WriterClaude Chabrol
ProducerAndré Génovès

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Cast · Directed by Claude Chabrol

SAStéphane Audran
Stéphane Audran
Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
JYJean Yanne
Jean Yanne
Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
RRRoger Rudel
Roger Rudel
Commissioner Grumbach
APAntonio Passalia
Antonio Passalia
Angelo
MBMario Beccara
Mario Beccara
Léon Hamel
WG
William Guérault
Charles
PF
Pascal Ferone
Father Charpy

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