This Man Must Die

This Man Must Die
This Man Must Die
	American film poster
Directed by	Claude Chabrol
Written by	Claude Chabrol; Paul Gégauff
Based on	The Beast Must Die; by Cecil Day-Lewis
Produced by	André Génovès
Starring	Michel Duchaussoy; Caroline Cellier; Jean Yanne
Cinematography	Jean Rabier
Edited by	Jacques Gaillard
Music by	Pierre Jansen
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures Corporation (United States)
Release dates	5 September 1969 (France); 20 October 1970 (New York);
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	France; Italy
Language	French

This Man Must Die (French: Que la bête meure), also titled Killer! in the UK,^[3] 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.

^ de Baecque, Antoine (2021). Chabrol: biographie. Éditions Stock. ISBN 9782234078888.
^ Greenspun, Roger (21 October 1970). "'This Man Must Die,' Chabrol Thriller, Begins Run". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker-Saur. p. 43. ISBN 9783598114922.

[biographie-1] Baecque, Antoine (2021). Chabrol: biographie. Éditions Stock. ISBN 9782234078888.

[nyt-2] Greenspun, Roger (21 October 1970). "'This Man Must Die,' Chabrol Thriller, Begins Run". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

[3] Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker-Saur. p. 43. ISBN 9783598114922.

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