Monsieur Verdoux
1947 • Comedy | Crime
Charlie Chaplin
Writer
Charlie Chaplin
Director
Orson Welles
Story
Status
Released
Release date
September 26, 1947
Duration
124 Min
Language
en
Popularity
11.844
Budget
$2,000,000
Revenue
$0
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.
Cast
Charlie Chaplin
Mady Correll
Allison Roddan
Robert Lewis
Audrey Betz
Martha Raye
Ada May
Isobel Elsom
Marjorie Bennett
Helene Heigh
Marilyn Nash
Irving Bacon
Virginia Brissac
Almira Sessions
Bernard Nedell
Charles Evans
William Frawley
Arthur Hohl
Barbara Slater
Fritz Leiber
Vera Marshe
John Harmon
Warren Ashe
Gertrude Astor
Wheaton Chambers
James Craven
Joseph Crehan
George Dee
Cyril Delevanti
Wheeler Dryden
Elspeth Dudgeon
Herbert Evans
Franklyn Farnum
Dick Gordon
Adolf Hitler
Boyd Irwin
Colin Kenny
Ruth Lee
Ethelreda Leopold
Carl M. Leviness
Leota Lorraine
Wilbur Mack
Lester Matthews
Harold Miller
Benito Mussolini
Paul Newlan
Barry Norton
Louis Payne
Edna Purviance
Frank Reicher
Addison Richards
Suzanne Ridgway
Jeffrey Sayre
Carlo Schipa
C. Montague Shaw
Bert Stevens
Herb Vigran
Charles Wagenheim
Pierre Watkin
