Monsieur Verdoux
Monsieur Verdoux
Release: 1947-09-26
·Runtime: 124m
·★ 7.7
Comedy
Crime
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Charles Chaplin Productions
United Artists
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Carlo Schipa
as Waiter (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
as Carlotta Couvais
Almira Sessions
as Lena Couvais
Fritz Leiber
as Father Fareaux
James Craven
as Bismo - Annabella's Friend (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
as Reveler at Can Can Club (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
as Martha Bottello
Marjorie Bennett
as Marie's Maid
Addison Richards
as Bank Manager (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Stock Broker (uncredited)
Allison Roddan
as Peter Verdoux
Isobel Elsom
as Marie Grosnay
Marilyn Nash
as The Girl
Barbara Slater
as Flower Girl
Vera Marshe
as Mrs. Vicki Darwin
Mady Correll
as Mona Verdoux
George Dee
as Waiter (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
as Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
as Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Evans
as Detective Morrow
Warren Ashe
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
as Postman (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw
as Mortgage Banker (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
as Prison Official (uncredited)
Bernard Nedell
as Prefect of Police
Arthur Hohl
as Real Estate Agent
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
Helene Heigh
as Yvonne La Salle, Marie's friend
Wheaton Chambers
as Pharmacist (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Broker (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
as Old Woman (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin
as Henri Verdoux
Ada May
as Annette, Annabella's maid
Irving Bacon
as Pierre Couvais
Ruth Lee
as Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)
Lester Matthews
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Barry Norton
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Louis Payne
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Edna Purviance
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
John Harmon
as Joe Darwin
Boyd Irwin
as Prison Official (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
William Frawley
as Jean La Salle
Gertrude Astor
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Martha Raye
as Annabella Bonheur
Franklyn Farnum
as Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
as Doctor (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
as Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited)
Wheeler Dryden
as Salesman (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Robert Lewis
as Maurice Bottello
