Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Monsieur Verdoux
5.3
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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.

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Cast

Charlie Chaplin
as Henri Verdoux
Ruth Lee
as Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
as Reporter (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
as Prison Official (uncredited)
Martha Raye
as Annabella Bonheur
Mady Correll
as Mona Verdoux
Marjorie Bennett
as Marie's Maid
John Harmon
as Joe Darwin
Irving Bacon
as Pierre Couvais
Isobel Elsom
as Marie Grosnay
Harold Miller
as Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
as Postman (uncredited)
Addison Richards
as Bank Manager (uncredited)
Barbara Slater
as Flower Girl
Frank Reicher
as Doctor (uncredited)
William Frawley
as Jean La Salle
Charles Wagenheim
as Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Stock Broker (uncredited)
Louis Payne
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Broker (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
Edna Purviance
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Arthur Hohl
as Real Estate Agent
Audrey Betz
as Martha Bottello
Ethelreda Leopold
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
as Reveler at Can Can Club (uncredited)

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