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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
“Chaplin changes! Can you?”
Comedy, Crime, Drama · 2h 04m
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.
Cast
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
M
Margaret Hoffman
Lydia Floray
Marilyn Nash
The Girl
Crew
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Writer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Director of Photography
- Curt Courant, Roland Totheroh
- Original Music Composer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Editor
- Willard Nico
- Producer
- Charlie Chaplin
Details
- Release date
- 1947-08-27
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Charles Chaplin Productions, United Artists
- Budget
- $2,000,000