• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1947-09-26
  • Runtime124 minutes
  • TaglineA Comedy of Murders.
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreComedy, Crime, Drama
  • Production
    CompaniesCharles Chaplin Productions, United Artists
  • Budget2,000,000$

Movie 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.

Casts

Charlie Chaplin

Mady Correll

Allison Roddan

Robert Lewis

Audrey Betz

Martha Raye

Ada May

Isobel Elsom

Marjorie Bennett

Helene Heigh

Marilyn Nash

Irving Bacon

Virginia Brissac

Almira Sessions

Bernard Nedell

Charles Evans

William Frawley

Arthur Hohl

Barbara Slater

Fritz Leiber

Vera Marshe

John Harmon

Adolf Hitler