A man asserts himself within the life of an actress he believes is somehow responsible for his son's death.
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Title: This Man Must Die (1969)
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| Michel Duchaussoy | ... | Charles Thénier | |
| Caroline Cellier | ... | Hélène Lanson | |
| Jean Yanne | ... | Paul Decourt | |
| Anouk Ferjac | ... | Jeanne Decourt | |
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Marc Di Napoli | ... | Philippe Decourt |
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Louise Chevalier | ... | Madame Levenes |
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Guy Marly | ... | Jacques Ferrand |
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Lorraine Rainer | ... | Anna Ferrand |
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Dominique Zardi | ... | Le premier inspecteur de police |
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Stéphane Di Napoli | ... | Michel Thénier |
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Raymone | ... | La mère de Paul |
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Michel Charrel | ... | Le ferrailleur |
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France Girard | ||
| Bernard Papineau | ... | Le policier | |
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Robert Rondo | ... | Le garagiste |
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Single father obsessed with murdering the hit&run driver who killed his only child, poses as a screenwriter to get close to an actress who was in the death car. He feels fully prepared to kill the pretty young woman if she was the driver, but as his knowledge of her family grows, so does his empathy for them. Written by David Stevens
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Written by Johannes Brahms
Sung by Kathleen Ferrier (as Katleen Ferrier)
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The only film in the 'Hélène cycle' where Claude Chabrol's regular leading actress in the cycle, Stéphane Audran, doesn't star as a character named Hélène. Caroline Cellier plays the role of a character named Hélène instead. See more »Goofs
At the beginning Paul is shifting several times although the Mustang has an automatic transmission. See more »Soundtracks
Vier ernste GesängeWritten by Johannes Brahms
Sung by Kathleen Ferrier (as Katleen Ferrier)
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If there is a Gallic director who likes to surprise his admirers with new tricks,unexpected methods and iconoclastic stance,it is new wave master Claude Chabrol.There have been many bright moments in his illustrious career when he has made films for them which could only be appreciated by a sharp brain and attentive eyes.Que la bête meure is a hard to classify film which is neither a thriller nor a run of the mill revenge drama.It is a film which plays with all leading conventions of these two genres.This man must die starts well with the depiction of a reckless accident.It is quite possible that this might induce inattentive viewers to regard it as a revenge drama.This is not the case as viewers are quickly caught in a maze of crucial dramatic scenes that have direct bearing on film's progress.Caroline Cellier and Michel Duchaussoy perform well as lovers whose relationship has a lot of bearing on this film's progress.Chabrol is known for avoiding a not so happy end for his film.This is the reason why "This man must die" will prepare you to imagine your own type of end in order to do injustice to the concept of happy end of this film.