Home Movies TV Series People Lists Activity

Discover trending movies and TV series, watch trailers, and build your personal watchlist.

Browse

Home
Movies
TV Series
People

Discover

Lists
Members
Activity
My List

About

Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
Contact

© 2026 Cinemalant. All rights reserved.

Data provided by TMDB

Search

Search movies and TV series

The Butcher backdrop

The Butcher poster

The Butcher (1970)

An outstanding new film by one of France's leading directors.

7.1(275)1h 33mFebruary 27, 1970

Thriller Crime Drama

Claude Chabrol

Director

Claude Chabrol

Writer

Rate

Diary

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.

Cast

Stéphane Audran

Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

Jean Yanne

Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'

Roger Rudel

Commissioner Grumbach

Antonio Passalia

Angelo

The Butcher · Cinemalant

MB

Mario Beccara

Léon Hamel

Videos

Status: Released
Original title: Le Boucher
Original language: French
Release date: February 27, 1970
Production: Les Films La Boétie, Euro International Films
Country: France, Italy

Keywords

vietnam veteranprovincebutchermurderfrench noir

Recommended

Three Days and a Life

Three Days and a Life

2019

Three Days and a Life

2019

The Naked City

The Naked City

1948

The Naked City

1948

The Informant

The Informant

2013

The Informant

2013

Killer's Kiss

Killer's Kiss

1955

Killer's Kiss

1955

Case 137

Case 137

2025

Case 137

2025

The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942

The Glass Key

1942

Limbo

Limbo

2023

Limbo

2023

Le Samouraï

Le Samouraï

1967

Le Samouraï

1967

Confessions of a Hitman

Confessions of a Hitman

2022

Confessions of a Hitman

2022

The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019

The Parts You Lose

2019

Serie Noire

Serie Noire

1979

Serie Noire

1979

Spy, Stand Up

Spy, Stand Up

1982

Spy, Stand Up

1982

Conflict

Conflict

1945

Conflict

1945

Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954

The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

1993

The Pelican Brief

1993

Overdrive

Overdrive

2017

Overdrive

2017

Without Apparent Motive

Without Apparent Motive

1971

Without Apparent Motive

1971

The Beasts

The Beasts

2022

The Beasts

2022

Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment

1973

Shock Treatment

1973

The Kingdom

The Kingdom

2024

The Kingdom

2024

More like this

Chop-Chop Lady: The Elsa Castillo Story

Chop-Chop Lady: The Elsa Castillo Story

1994

Chop-Chop Lady: The Elsa Castillo Story

1994

The Rake

The Rake

2018

The Rake

2018

The Hole

The Hole

2001

The Hole

2001

Mala Noche

Mala Noche

1987

Mala Noche

1987

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957

12 Angry Men

1957

Shaft

Shaft

2000

Shaft

2000

Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart

1990

Wild at Heart

1990

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995

Casino

Casino

1995

Casino

1995

Cube

Cube

1998

Cube

1998

Absolut

Absolut

2005

Absolut

2005

Frenzy

Frenzy

1972

Frenzy

1972

The Hours

The Hours

2002

The Hours

2002

School for Buglars

School for Buglars

1958

School for Buglars

1958

Der zweite Mann

Der zweite Mann

2013

Der zweite Mann

2013

Scarface

Scarface

1932

Scarface

1932

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

1946

The Big Sleep

1946

It Happened in Broad Daylight

It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958

It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958

Dead Man

Dead Man

1995

Dead Man

1995

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941

The Maltese Falcon

1941