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Monsieur Verdoux. Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 American black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, who plays a bigamist wife killer inspired by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. The supporting cast includes Martha Raye, William Frawley, and Marilyn Nash . In the film, a bank teller is fired after three decades of work.
- $323,000 (US), $1.5 million (international)
- Charlie Chaplin
- Charlie Chaplin
- April 11, 1947
Monsieur Verdoux: Directed by Charles Chaplin. With Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis. A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.
- (19K)
- Charles Chaplin
- Passed
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin) is a dapper Parisian family man who loses his job as a bank clerk. In order to support his wife and child, he devises a plan to woo and marry rich widows under a ...
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- Charlie Chaplin
- Charlie Chaplin
- Comedy, Drama
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947) -- (Movie Clip) I Put It In Your Name Director and star Charles Chaplin now posing as "Captain Louis," in Lyon visiting another current wife, Annabella (Martha Raye), who has bought hot diamonds, and whom he may need to kill, later tangling with a con man played by Chaplin's half-brother Wheeler Dryden, in Monsieur ...
Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 film by Charlie Chaplin that depicts his character as a twentieth-century bluebeard who supports his wife and child by bumping off wealthy widows. The film explores themes of money, marriage, and murder, and challenges the audience's perception of Chaplin's lovable persona.
The world is in the middle of a depression and work is hard to find. To support his wife and child, Verdoux takes to a life of crime - marrying rich women, murdering them and taking their money. After a while the police start to piece the puzzle together. — grantss. In the early 1930s after thirty years of faithful service, Paris bank clerk ...
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular ...
