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This Man Must Die (1969)

★ 7.6GP112 minDirector: Claude Chabrol

1969 film by Claude Chabrol

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. The story follows a widower who, obsessed with revenge after his only son is killed in a hit-and-run incident, tracks down the driver with the intent to kill him.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is This Man Must Die about?
This Man Must Die (1969) — 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 gr
Is This Man Must Die based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is This Man Must Die scary?
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