The Butchers

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The Butchers
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Directed byPaulmichael Miekhe
Written byPaulmichel Miekhe
Leonard Turner
Produced byLeonard Turner
StarringK.T. Baumann
Morgan Upton
Ford Clay
Robert Walden
Vic Tayback
CinematographyRobert Primes
Edited byJay Hansell
Music byTom Glass
Distributed by Troma Entertainment
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Butchers (also known as Maxie and Murderer's Keep) is a 1970 thriller set in Crockett, California and directed by Paulmichael Miekhe and distributed by Troma Entertainment. [1]

Contents

Plot

The film follows a deaf girl who witnesses a dead body being stashed in a nearby butcher shop. Not wanting to take the risk of being caught, the murderous butchers decide to kidnap her. [2]

Cast

Home media

The film was released on DVD on May 31, 2005. [4]

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  2. "Bloodthirsty Butchers | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  3. The Butcher , retrieved 2019-04-12
  4. Gibron, Bill. "Butchers, The". DVD Talk. Retrieved 11 January 2021.