The Butcher (1970)

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.

IMDb rating	7.3
Producers	Euro International Film, Les Films de la Boétie
Original title	Le Boucher
Directors	Claude Chabrol
Writers	Claude Chabrol

Cast

Stéphane Audran

as Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

Jean Yanne

as Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'

Roger Rudel

as Commissioner Grumbach

Antonio Passalia

as Angelo

Mario Beccara

as Léon Hamel

William Guérault

as Charles

Pascal Ferone

as Father Charpy