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This Man Must Die (French: Que la bête meure), also titled Killer! in the UK, is a 1969 French–Italian psychological thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol. It is based on the 1938 novel The Beast Must Die by Cecil Day-Lewis , writing as Nicholas Blake.
Oct 20, 1970 · This Man Must Die: Directed by Claude Chabrol. With Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne, Anouk Ferjac. A man asserts himself within the life of an actress he believes is somehow responsible for his son's death.
Charles Thenier's (Michel Duchaussoy) son is killed by a hit-and-run driver and, when the police investigation yields nothing, he does his own detective work. He meets the...
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 ...
Charles Thenier's only son is killed in a hit and run accident. Bent on revenge, he resolves to track down the killer. During his search, he has an affair with a woman who may be the sister-in-law of the killer. The suspect's son attaches himself to Charles, then kills his father...
In "This Man Must Die," a little boy is killed by a hit-and-run driver, and the boy's father sets out to find and kill the murderer. He speaks for Chabrol: "When I find him, I won't kill him right away. I'll get to know him, and savor my revenge." Advertisement.
When a children’s writer loses his son in a hit-and-run, he vows revenge. Although chance and lucky guesses lead him to his prey, surrounding the perpetrator is a peculiar assortment of relatives immobilized by their own apathy and culpability. The deceptive writer might have to revise his plot.
