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7.9/10   1,025 votes
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Director:
Claude Chabrol
Writers:
Nicholas Blake (novel)
Claude Chabrol (dialogue)
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Release Date:
20 October 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime | Thriller more
Plot:
Single father obsessed with murdering the hit&run driver who killed his only child, poses as a screenwriter... more | add synopsis
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One of the best from director Chabrol more (16 total)

Cast

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Michel Duchaussoy ... Charles Thenier
Caroline Cellier ... Helene Lanson
Jean Yanne ... Paul Decourt
Anouk Ferjac ... Jeanne Decourt
Marc Di Napoli ... Phillippe Decourt
Louise Chevalier ... Madame Levenes
Guy Marly ... Jacques Ferrand
Lorraine Rainer ... Anna Ferrand
Dominique Zardi ... Police inspector
Stéphane Di Napoli ... Michel Thenier
Raymone ... La mère de Paul
Michel Charrel ... Le casseur
France Girard
Bernard Papineau
Robert Rondo ... Le garagiste
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Killer!
The Beast Must Die
This Man Must Die
Ucciderò un uomo (Italy)
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | USA:GP | Argentina:13 | UK:15 (original rating) | UK:12 (DVD rating) (2005)
Filming Locations:
Brittany, France more
Company:
Les Films de la Boétie more

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Referenced in Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Vier ernste Gesänge more

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6 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
One of the best from director Chabrol, 6 November 2000
8/10
Author: Mario Bergeron from Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada

This is a very fine psychologic thriller in some mellow tones. The story is simple : a boy gets killed by a mad car driver and his father wants to find the man to kill him. We know, from the start, that there can be two finale : the father kills the man, or he changes his mind. But Chabrol makes us think that it can have another finale... Or another? Or perhaps this one? Not at all! We never thought of the real finale. This is brillant, well written and directed movie. Very fine acting by Duchaussoy and Yanne.

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