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📊 Film Specifications

Director Claude Chabrol

Writer Cecil Day-Lewis (Novel), Claude Chabrol (Screenplay), Paul Gégauff (Screenplay)

Original Title Que la bête meure

Release Date September 4, 1969

Runtime 113 min (1h 53m)

Country France, Italy

Language FR

Budget N/A

Box Office N/A

Studios Les Films La Boétie • Rizzoli Film

This Man Must Die (1969)

Name: This Man Must Die
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Released: 1969-09-04
Rating: 3.6

Directed by Claude Chabrol

• Written by Cecil Day-Lewis , Claude Chabrol , Paul Gégauff

"Still the most exciting, the most savage sport of all... man hunting man."

⭐ 3.6 / 5 (201 votes) ⏱️ 113 min 🎬 Thriller, Drama, Crime

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'Rating Consensus & Critics'

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– / 5

MATCHCUT Members

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IMDb Audience

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TOMATOMETER Critics

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METASCORE Top Critics

7.3 / 10

TMDB (201)

Ratings Breakdown:

201 TMDB votes

0.5 Stars 'Community distribution populates with member logs' 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s brother-in-law, Paul Decourt, a truly horrible individual.