This Man Must Die
Original title: Que la bête meure
“The House of Hatred and Revenge”
1969 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by 
Claude Chabrol
Claude ChabrolCast
Michel Duchaussoy Caroline Cellier 
Jean Yanne
Credits
Written by: 
Paul Gégauff
Plot
A father seeks revenge on a hit-and-run driver.
Sinekatalog’s take
Claude Chabrol's revenge thriller follows a father tracking the hit-and-run driver who killed his son. Cool, tense and morally knotty, with Jean Yanne a superb brute, it is among Chabrol's finest.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (5,757 votes)
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