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Monsieur Verdoux

A Comedy of Murders.

1947★ 7.7 · 4792h 4mComedyCrimeDrama

Overview

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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Trailer · Charlie Chaplin - Monsieur Verdoux (Trailer)

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Cast

Charlie Chaplin
as Henri Verdoux

Ruth Lee
as Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)

Cyril Delevanti
as Postman (uncredited)

Irving Bacon
as Pierre Couvais

William Frawley
as Jean La Salle

Isobel Elsom
as Marie Grosnay

Harold Miller
as Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Marjorie Bennett
as Marie's Maid

Martha Raye
as Annabella Bonheur

Franklyn Farnum
as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)

Herbert Evans
as Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed (uncredited)

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Release date: 1947-08-27

Budget: $2,000,000

Runtime: 2h 4m

Genres

ComedyCrimeDrama

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