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The Butcher(1970)
Status: Released
Date: 1970-02-27
71%
265 Votes
Time: 1h 33m
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.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Les Films La Boétie
Euro International Films
Movie: The Butcher
Top 7 Billed Cast
Stéphane Audran
Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
Jean Yanne
Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
Roger Rudel
Commissioner Grumbach
Mario Beccara
Léon Hamel
Video Trailer The Butcher
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