1970

1h 33m

7.1(256 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Drama

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.

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Stéphane Audran

Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'

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Jean Yanne

Paul Thomas, aka 'Popaul'

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Roger Rudel

Commissioner Grumbach

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Antonio Passalia

Angelo

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Mario Beccara

Léon Hamel

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William Guérault

Charles

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Pascal Ferone

Father Charpy

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