Monsieur Verdoux

Name: Monsieur Verdoux
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 26 Sep 1947
Rating: 7.71
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis, Audrey Betz

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.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Studio: Charles Chaplin Productions, United Artists
Keyword: marriage, dark comedy, villain, polygamy, great depression, based on true story, film noir, black and white, stock market crash, cold blooded killer, anti-capitalism, 1930s
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis, Audrey Betz, Martha Raye

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