Monsieur Verdoux

Release date: 09/26/1947

Budget: $2,000,000

Genres:

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Countries:

United States of America

Rating:

7.7

A Comedy of Murders.

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

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Actors

Charlie Chaplin

Henri Verdoux

Mady Correll

Mona Verdoux

Allison Roddan

Peter Verdoux

Robert Lewis

Maurice Bottello

Audrey Betz

Martha Bottello

Martha Raye

Annabella Bonheur

Ada May

Annette, Annabella's maid

Isobel Elsom

Marie Grosnay

Marjorie Bennett

Marie's Maid

Helene Heigh

Yvonne La Salle, Marie's friend

Marilyn Nash

The Girl

Irving Bacon

Pierre Couvais

Virginia Brissac

Carlotta Couvais

Almira Sessions

Lena Couvais

Bernard Nedell

Prefect of Police

Charles Evans

Detective Morrow

William Frawley

Jean La Salle

Arthur Hohl

Real Estate Agent

Barbara Slater

Flower Girl

Fritz Leiber

Father Fareaux

Vera Marshe

Mrs. Vicki Darwin

John Harmon

Joe Darwin

Warren Ashe

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Sidewalk Cafe Customer (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Pharmacist (uncredited)

James Craven

Bismo - Annabella's Friend (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Broker (uncredited)

George Dee

Waiter (uncredited)

Cyril Delevanti

Postman (uncredited)

Wheeler Dryden

Salesman (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon

Old Woman (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Boyd Irwin

Prison Official (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Police Detective (uncredited)

Ruth Lee

Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Reveler at Can Can Club (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Lester Matthews

Prosecutor (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Barry Norton

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Louis Payne

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Edna Purviance

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank Reicher

Doctor (uncredited)

Addison Richards

Bank Manager (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Carlo Schipa

Waiter (uncredited)

C. Montague Shaw

Mortgage Banker (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Stock Broker (uncredited)

Herb Vigran

Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

Prison Official (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux

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