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Monsieur Verdoux

A Comedy of Murders.

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis, Audrey Betz

Writer: Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles

Release Date:
August 27, 1947
Ratings:
7.7 / 10
Director:
Charlie Chaplin
Companies:
Charles Chaplin Productions

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.