
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.


Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.

Jean Gabin
Commissioner Le Guen

Fabio Testi
Georges Gasset

Uschi Glas
Gerda

Bernard Blier
François Tellier, director of the PJ

Ginette Garcin
Lulu

Félix Marten
Campana

Gérard Depardieu
Frédo Babasch, the sheep

Jean Barney
The young inspector

Jacques Debary
The Commissioner of Marseille

Sady Rebbot
Lucien, from Grenoble
Killer is a thriller, crime, drama film released in 1972 exploring themes of murder. Directed by Denys de La Patellière, it stars Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas. Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.
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