Killer (1972)
Le tueur
Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.
- Date of release
- 1972-03-01
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (36)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Director
- Denys de La Patellière
Casting
- Jean Gabin — Commissioner Le Guen
- Fabio Testi — Georges Gasset
- Uschi Glas — Gerda
- Bernard Blier — François Tellier, director of the PJ
- Ginette Garcin — Lulu
- Félix Marten — Campana
- Gérard Depardieu — Frédo Babasch, the sheep
- Jean Barney — The young inspector
- Jacques Debary — The Commissioner of Marseille
- Sady Rebbot — Lucien, from Grenoble
- Ermanno Casanova — Nurse
- Jacques Richard — François Gassot
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: boulevard Edgar-Quinet
Le Tueur is a 1972 crime film directed and written by Denys de La Patellière.
Production
Le Tueur was an international co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. It was 60% funded by the Paris-based companies C.O.F.C.I, Gafer and Europa Films, 20% the Rome-based Mondial Te.Fi and 20% by the West German Rialto. The film had a budget of 5.3 million francs.
Filming lasted eight weeks between November 8, 1971 and January 3, 1972. The film would be director and screenwriter Denys de La Patellière's penultimate feature film as he would move on to directing for television for the next few decades. In the French-language version of the film, Fabio Testi is dubbed by Marc Porel.
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