The Butcher

1970 | 93 minutes | 7.1 ★ (226)

The Butcher
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    27 February 1970

  • DirectingClaude Chabrol
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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