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The Butcher

1971·1h 33m·Unrated
DramaMysteryThriller
IMDb Rating
★ 7.3/10
10,332 votes

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.

The Butcher is a 1971 drama mystery movie directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran, Pascal Ferone, Antonio Passalia. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3/10 from 10,332 votes and runs 1h 33m.

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Director
Claude Chabrol
Stars
Stéphane Audran
Pascal Ferone
Antonio Passalia
Jean Yanne
Creators
Claude Chabrol
Details
1971-12-19
93 min
Movie
Unrated
★ France, Italy
★ French
Keywords
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