The Butcher (2009)
Never gamble when you are desperate...
95 min
A mob enforcer is set up to take the fall for a multi-million dollar heist involving a rival gang boss. Merle (Eric Roberts) is a gambler stuck on a twenty-year losing streak, but his luck is about to change. Surviving a trap that was intended to kill him, Merle makes away with a beautiful woman and a piece of the take. Most men in that position would have been content to simply walk away with their lives, but Merle has been loyal for twenty years. Realizing he's been betrayed, something inside snaps. They used to call him "The Butcher" as a joke, but the laughter turns to screams when Merle returns to deliver the ultimate punchline.
- Release date
- July 10, 2009
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Eric Roberts as Merle 'The Butcher' Hench
- Robert Davi as Murdoch
- Keith David as Larry Cobb
- Geoffrey Lewis as Naylor
- Irina Björklund as Jackie
- Paul Dillon as Doyle
- Jerry Trimble as Eddie Hellstrom
- Michael Ironside as Teddy Carmichael
- Bokeem Woodbine as Chinatown Pete
- Guillermo Diaz as Owen Geiger
Crew
- Jesse V. Johnson · Director
- Jesse V. Johnson · Writer
- Charles Arthur Berg · Producer
- Marcello De Francisci · Composer
- Robert Hayes · Cinematographer
- Ken Blackwell · Editor
- Pam Bouvier · Casting director
- Valerie McCaffrey · Casting director
- John Larena · Production designer