This Man Must Die

Infobox Film
name = This Man Must Die


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caption = DVD cover
director = Claude Chabrol
producer = André Génovès
writer = Nicholas Blake (novel)
Claude Chabrol
Paul Gégauff
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starring = Michel Duchaussoy
Caroline Cellier
Jean Yanne
music = Pierre Jansen
cinematography = Jean Rabier
editing = Jacques Gaillard
distributor = Allied Artists Pictures Corporation (USA)
released = September 5 1969
runtime = 110 mins
country = flagicon|France France
flagicon|Italy Italy
language = French
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amg_id = 1:49526
imdb_id = 0064861

"This Man Must Die" ( _fr. Que la bête meure) is a 1969 French / Italian crime drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. The story is based on a 1938 novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, writing as Nicholas Blake, "The Beast Must Die".

Plot

Charles Thénier's nine year old son is run over by a reckless driver. He vows to have his revenge, yet the police investigation is fruitless. Partly following his hunches and partly by chance he discovers actress Hélène Lanson is the owner of the car. He seduces her under a false name as part of his revenge plan, but loses courage to carry it through as he develops feelings for her.

He finds out shortly after that the real killer is her brother-in-law Paul Decourt, a man detestable even to his own family. While Charles is left with conflicting thoughts as to whether or not kill him, Paul's teenage son, Phillipe, confides in him his own wishes to see his father dead.

elected cast

*Michel Duchaussoy as Charles Thenier
*Caroline Cellier as Helene Lanson
*Jean Yanne as Paul Decourt
*Anouk Ferjac as Jeanne Decourt
*Marc Di Napoli as Phillippe Decourt
*Louise Chevalier as Madame Levenes

External links

*imdb title|0064861