Monsieur Verdoux
27/08/1947
2h 4m

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.
Cast


Charlie Chaplin
Henri Verdoux


Mady Correll
Mona Verdoux


Allison Roddan
Peter Verdoux


Robert Lewis
Maurice Bottello


Audrey Betz
Martha Bottello


Martha Raye
Annabella Bonheur


Ada May
Annette, Annabella's maid


Isobel Elsom
Marie Grosnay


Marjorie Bennett
Marie's Maid


Helene Heigh
Yvonne La Salle, Marie's friend
Margaret Hoffman
Lydia Floray


Marilyn Nash
The Girl


Irving Bacon
Pierre Couvais
Edwin Mills
Jean Couvais


Virginia Brissac
Carlotta Couvais


Almira Sessions
Lena Couvais
Eula Morgan
Phoebe Couvais


Bernard Nedell
Prefect of Police


Charles Evans
Detective Morrow


William Frawley
Jean La Salle


Arthur Hohl
Real Estate Agent


Barbara Slater
Flower Girl


Fritz Leiber
Father Fareaux


Vera Marshe
Mrs. Vicki Darwin


John Harmon
Joe Darwin
Christine Ell
Louise
Lois Conklin
Florist
Richard Abbott
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Ed Agresti
Waiter (uncredited)


Warren Ashe
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)


Gertrude Astor
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
John Breen
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Sidewalk Cafe Customer (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Night Club Patron (uncredited)


Wheaton Chambers
Pharmacist (uncredited)
Julius Cramer
Executioner (uncredited)


James Craven
Bismo - Annabella's Friend (uncredited)


Joseph Crehan
Broker (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Russell Custer
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Albert D'Arno
Waiter (uncredited)
Daniel de Jonghe
Waiter (uncredited)


George Dee
Waiter (uncredited)
Josette Deegan
Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Night Club Patron (uncredited)


Cyril Delevanti
Postman (uncredited)


Wheeler Dryden
Salesman (uncredited)


Elspeth Dudgeon
Old Woman (uncredited)
Dick Earle
Stockholder (uncredited)
Ella Ethridge
Woman in the Street (uncredited)


Herbert Evans
Garden Party Guest Getting Sprayed (uncredited)


Franklyn Farnum
Victim of the Stock Market Crash (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Banker (uncredited)
George Ford
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Police Officer (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Granby
Bailiff (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Magistrate (uncredited)


Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)


Boyd Irwin
Prison Official (uncredited)
Fred Karno Jr.
Mr. Karno (uncredited)


Colin Kenny
Police Detective (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron
Cafe Royal Doorman (uncredited)


Ruth Lee
Gossipy Woman Hanging Clothes (uncredited)


Ethelreda Leopold
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)


Carl M. Leviness
Reveler at Can Can Club (uncredited)


Leota Lorraine
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Therese Lyon
Jeannette - the Verdoux Maid (uncredited)


Wilbur Mack
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
George Magrill
Night Club Patron (uncredited)


Lester Matthews
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Night Club Patron (uncredited)


Clyde McLeod
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)


Harold Miller
Onlooker in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
French Waiter (uncredited)


Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)


Paul Newlan
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)


Barry Norton
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)


Louis Payne
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Albert Petit
Bystander (uncredited)
Hamil Petroff
Cafe Royal Dancer (uncredited)
Foster H. Phinney
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Catherine Price
Night Club Patron (uncredited)


Edna Purviance
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)


Frank Reicher
Doctor (uncredited)


Addison Richards
Bank Manager (uncredited)


Suzanne Ridgway
Night Club Patron (uncredited)


Jeffrey Sayre
Wedding Guest (uncredited)


Carlo Schipa
Waiter (uncredited)
Wallace Scott
Press Photographer (uncredited)
William Self
Max - a Reporter (uncredited)


C. Montague Shaw
Mortgage Banker (uncredited)
Millard Sherwood
Mr. Carno (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Stock Broker (uncredited)
Nanette Vallon
Maid (uncredited)


Herb Vigran
Reporter (uncredited)


Charles Wagenheim
Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited)


Pierre Watkin
Prison Official (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Stockbroker (uncredited)
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