This Man Must Die

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-10-20

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

(2749 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Michel Duchaussoy Caroline Cellier Jean Yanne Anouk Ferjac

Writer:

Nicholas Blake (novel)

Claude Chabrol (dialogue)

Claude Chabrol (screenplay)

Paul Gègauff (dialogue)

Paul Gègauff (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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.

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