Monsieur Verdoux
Comedy
Crime
Drama
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.
1947-08-27
en
Cast
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin as Henri Verdoux
Mady Correll as Mona Verdoux
Allison Roddan as Peter Verdoux
Robert Lewis as Maurice Bottello
Audrey Betz as Martha Bottello
Martha Raye as Annabella Bonheur
Ada May as Annette, Annabella's maid
Isobel Elsom as Marie Grosnay
Marjorie Bennett as Marie's Maid
Helene Heigh as Yvonne La Salle, Marie's friend
Marilyn Nash as The Girl
Irving Bacon as Pierre Couvais
Virginia Brissac as Carlotta Couvais
Almira Sessions as Lena Couvais
Bernard Nedell as Prefect of Police
Charles Evans as Detective Morrow
William Frawley as Jean La Salle
Arthur Hohl as Real Estate Agent
Barbara Slater as Flower Girl
Fritz Leiber as Father Fareaux
Vera Marshe as Mrs. Vicki Darwin
John Harmon as Joe Darwin
Warren Ashe as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers as Pharmacist (uncredited)
James Craven as Bismo - Annabella's Friend (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan as Broker (uncredited)
George Dee as Waiter (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti as Postman (uncredited)
Wheeler Dryden as Salesman (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon as Old Woman (uncredited)
Herbert Evans as Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
Boyd Irwin as Prison Official (uncredited)
Colin Kenny as Police Detective (uncredited)
Ruth Lee as Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness as Reveler at Can Can Club (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Lester Matthews as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Clyde McLeod as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Harold Miller as Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Newlan as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Barry Norton as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Louis Payne as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Edna Purviance as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Reicher as Doctor (uncredited)
Addison Richards as Bank Manager (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Carlo Schipa as Waiter (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw as Mortgage Banker (uncredited)
Herb Vigran as Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim as Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin as Prison Official (uncredited)