Monsieur Verdoux
- Comedy
- Crime
- Drama
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.
- Directed by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Written by
- Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin
- Mady Correll
- Allison Roddan
- Robert Lewis
- Audrey Betz
- Martha Raye
- Ada May
- Isobel Elsom
- Marjorie Bennett
- Helene Heigh
- Margaret Hoffman
- Marilyn Nash
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