The Butcher · Sense

Thriller 1970 1h 33m

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The Butcher

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.

Cast & Crew

Awards & festivals

New York Film Festival
- 1970Festival screening

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DIRECTOR

Claude Chabrol

SCREENPLAY

Claude Chabrol

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Jean Rabier

EDITOR

Jacques Gaillard

ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Pierre Jansen

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Guy Littaye

PRODUCER

André Génovès

CAMERA OPERATOR

Claude Zidi

COSTUME DESIGN

Joseph Poulard

MAKEUP ARTIST

Louis Bonnemaison

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR

Fred Surin

SOUND

Guy Chichignoud

The end

The Butcher
Released 1970
Directed by Claude Chabrol
Title page #2912

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