An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.
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.
Directed byClaude Chabrol
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Language
- FR
- Released
- February 27, 1970
Featuring
Cast & crew
Stéphane Audran
Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
Jean Yanne
Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'
Roger Rudel
Commissioner Grumbach
Antonio Passalia
Angelo
Mario Beccara
Léon Hamel
William Guérault
Charles
Pascal Ferone
Father Charpy
- Directed by
- Claude Chabrol
- Written by
- Claude Chabrol
- Produced by
- André Génovès
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