- HD 1080
- Runtime: 93m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France, Italy
- Director: Claude Chabrol
- Stars: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel, Antonio Passalia, Mario Beccara
- keywords: vietnam veteran, province, butcher, murder, french noir
- Production_studio: Les Films La Boétie, Euro International Films
- The The Butcher is featured in the top rankings of 1970
- #23 in Top Drama Movies of 1970
- #3 in Top Crime Movies of 1970
- #7 in Top Thriller Movies of 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.