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